The first Mount Lowe Railway ride showing car on curved bridge, July 4, 1893
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
Contributing entity
California Historical Society
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
Public Domain . Please credit both “University of Southern California . Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source . Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library . From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California .
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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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