Mount Lowe Railway car on the track in Las Flores Canyon, California, [s.d.]

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Photograph of Mount Lowe Railway car on the track in Las Flores Canyon, California, [s.d.]. In the foreground at right, a curving track can be seen alongside a large cliff wall. At center, a railway car in the shape of a trolley carrying people can be seen. A long metal arm is visible extending from the top of the car and connecting to the metal wires above the car. In the extreme background at left, a small section of track can be seen. Above, a small piece of circular track is visible. Large clusters of vegetation fill the mountainside.

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Title Mount Lowe Railway car on the track in Las Flores Canyon, California, [s.d.]

Subject Bridges (lcsh), Electric railroads (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Altadena -- Mt. Lowe (file heading), Mountains (lcsh), railroad features (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Altadena (city or populated place), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Relation References See also similar image call number CHS-378 (references), See also similar image call number CHS-44867 (references)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

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.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5165

Identifier 40189 (accession number), CHS-40189 (call number), CHS-40189 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25712 (legacy record id), chs-m5165 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5267 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25712

Unique identifier UC128921

Legacy Identifier CHS-40189.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.6 in × 22.1 in at 300dpi
34.7 cm × 56.2 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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