Santa Catalina Island, often shortened to Catalina Island or Catalina, is a rocky island, part of the Channel Islands, off the coast of Southern California in the Gulf of Santa Catalina. The island co
Ti'at are plank boats still constructed by the Tongva to travel from the mainland to the Santa Catalina Island, similar to the Chumash tomol (pictured).
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
Tourists enjoying the waters off Catalina in 1889
Hotel Metropole in 1901
Natalie Wood
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Natalie Wood was an American actress. She began acting at age four and co-starred at age eight in Miracle on 34th Street. As a teenager, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actr
Santa Catalina Island (California)
…Catalina Island Company that was not deeded to the Conservancy maintains control of much of its resort properties and operations on the island. Actress Natalie Wood drowned in the waters near the settlement of Two Harbors over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in 1981 in what was ruled an accidental death. Wood and…
Wood in 1973
Wood in 1947
With her sister Lana, 1956
Wood in 1958