Catalina Island has become speckled with condos and crowded with tourists over the years, but in some ways it's still charmingly stuck in the 1930's-60's. The building in the drawing at left is the Casino, built in 1929, with beautiful art deco style murals lining the inner walls of the circular ballroom inside. The ballroom was also used as a theater last time I checked. The lobby houses a museum to preserve Island history and memorabilia.
Avalon is the main and port city on the island, and is about 26 miles from mainland Southern California (according to the famous song; but actual miles vary) and is part of Los Angeles County.
Twenty-six miles across the sea
Santa Catalina is a-waitin' for me
Santa Catalina, the island of
Romance, romance, romance romance
--The Four Preps
I don't know about finding romance, romance, romance, romance on the island, but it is definitely a magical place if you can escape the crowds. As for the drawing, I found an old postcard from the 1950's among my scrapbooks and used it as my reference photo. Drawn with Micron Sakura pens. Size is 9"x 5".
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