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Title	Mount Lowe Incline Railway and passengers, California, ca.1901
Description	Photograph of Mount Lowe Incline Railway and passengers, California, ca.1901. At the base of the incline is an open air cable car with about eight passengers. Next to the incline at the station is a an electric railcar. Flights of stairs flank the base of the incline rails. Several men are seen posing casually around the railway car. The metal tracks of the railway car are positioned against the mountain at a steep angle and are visible up to the peak of the mountain.
Subject (adlf)	railroad features
Subject (file heading)	Los Angeles County -- Altadena -- Mt. Lowe
Subject (lcsh)	Mountains Railroads, Cable
Geographic subject	mountains: Mount Lowe
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Altadena
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1901
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1901
Type	images
Format	glass plate negatives
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, glass photonegative, b&w ; 25 x 20 cm., 22 x 17 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	304
Call number	CHS-304
Microfiche number	1-38-24
Legacy record ID	chs-m5181; USC-1-1-1-5283
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-304
Archival file	chs_Volume148/CHS-304.tiff

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