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Title	Mount Lowe railway car on circular bridge, 1895-1900
Description	Photograph Mount Lowe railway car on circular bridge, 1895-1900. In the extreme foreground at right, a section of the circular track can be seen extending over a steep drop. At center, a railway car with a painted number "5" can be seen on the track. At least twelve people can be seen riding in the car. A large metallic pole can be seen extending from the top of the car and meeting with another pole extending from a post to the right of the tracks. The hotel on Echo Mountain is visible in the background. In the extreme background at left, the landscape of the city is visible. The railway was the creation of Thaddeus S.C. Lowe, a Civil War balloonist.
Subject (adlf)	transportation features
Subject (file heading)	Los Angeles County -- Altadena -- Mt. Lowe
Subject (lcsh)	Electric railroads Mountains Bridges
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Altadena
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1895/1900
Contributor	Olson Blow Up Lab
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1895/1900
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, photonegative, b&w ; 18 x 13 cm., 13 x 10 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints negatives (photographic) photographs
Accession number	2125
Call number	CHS-2125
Microfiche number	1-38-38
Legacy record ID	chs-m5164; USC-0-1-1-5266
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-2125
Archival file	chs_Volume148/CHS-2125.tiff

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