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Title	Exterior view of the Alpine Tavern on Mount Lowe, [s.d.]
Description	Photograph of an exterior view of the Alpine Tavern on Mount Lowe, [s.d.]. Built in 1898, the tavern was destroyed by fire in 1939. The two-story stone and wood structure is nestled in a grove of sycamore, pine and oak trees. A stone retaining wall can be seen in the foreground, and a tunnel can be seen at right.; "Railway agents seek arson clews [sic] at ruin of historic tavern -- Pacific Electric special agents, not satisfied that there were no arson clews in the $20,000 fire which destroyed historic Mt. Lowe Tavern last Tuesday morning, yesterday returned to the mountain peak scene of havoc to investigate further into the causes of the blaze. -- While C.C.C. youths and railway employees, bent to the task of clearing away the debris of the 41-year-old Southland chalet, Chief Special Agent C.R. Smith and officials of the Pacific Electric poked through the ruins for possible arson clews. -- The afternoon of the day when fire consumed Mt. Lowe Tavern a Sheriff's arson squad announced that the blaze began in the inn's pantry. A short circuit within the motor of the refrigerator air compressor was asscribed [sic] by Deputy Sheriff Rankin and Carroll as the cause. -- Agents Smith and W.M. Slater of the railroad, however, remained at the almost inaccessible mountain peak all day yesterday.
Subject (adlf)	mountains
Subject (file heading)	Los Angeles County -- Altadena -- Mt. Lowe
Subject (lcsh)	Mountains Hotels, taverns, etc.
Subject (corporate name)	Alpine Tavern
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Altadena
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage era	[s.d.]
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Type	images
Format	glass plate negatives
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.
Format (aat)	photographs
Accession number	1389
Call number	CHS-1389
Microfiche number	1-38-6
Legacy record ID	chs-m5195; USC-1-1-1-5297
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-1389
Archival file	chs_Volume148/CHS-1389.tiff

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