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Title	The first Mount Lowe Railway ride showing car on curved bridge, July 4, 1893
Description	Photograph of the first passengers of Professor S.C. Lowe's dramatic Mount Lowe Railway, July 4, 1893. There are a couple of dozen people in the rail car (number "9") which is headed toward the camera on the circular bridge. The trestle structure is visible below the rails. The hotel on the mountaintop is visible at left as is the rail approach to the hotel. Caption on photoprint reads: "Whee! Rounding the bend on Professor Thaddeus S.C. Lowe's Mt. Lowe Railway. On July 4, 1893, the first passengers took the dramatic ride up the famous mountain near Los Angeles".
Subject (adlf)	railroad 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	1893-07-04
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1893-07-04
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Accession number	939
Call number	CHS-939
Microfiche number	1-38-31
Legacy record ID	chs-m5166; USC-0-1-1-5268
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-939
Archival file	chs_Volume148/CHS-939.tiff

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