Panoramic view of Mount Rubidoux summit showing the cross at the peak of the summit, ca.1919-1924

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Photograph of a panoramic view of Mount Rubidoux summit showing the cross at the peak of the summit, ca.1919-1924. Windy dirt roads (parts of Rubidoux Drive?) provide passage up the mountain to the cross that sits on top of the boulder-covered mountaintop. Man-made rails (rock walls or chained posts) provide safety measure to protect travelers from going off the road. A post and lintel structure is visible at left. A horse-drawn carriage is parked along the road at right.; "This natural mountain area has an excellent City view as it towers approximately 1300 feet above sea level. It is the highest point in downtown Riverside and it has a popular hiking trail, which offers a spectacular 360-degree view of Riverside. It also has upon it, the Mt. Rubidoux Peace Tower that was built in 1925 to promote world peace and was dedicated to Frank Miller. Before it was purchased and developed, the Cahuilla and Serrano people lived at the base of the mountain near the thriving Santa Ana River. Frank Miller bought the mountain in 1906 and built a narrow, winding road leading to a huge cross on the summit. This cross, erected in 1907, was dedicated to local missionary Father Junipero Serra, and two years later was home to the nations first Easter sunrise service. In 1993, the road was closed to vehicle traffic, much to the satisfaction of locals of Riverside." -- unknown author.

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Title Panoramic view of Mount Rubidoux summit showing the cross at the peak of the summit, ca.1919-1924

Subject Crosses (lcsh), Parks (adlf), Riverside County -- Mount Rubidoux (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), mountains: Mt. Rubidoux (geographic subject), Riverside (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1919/1924

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1919/1924

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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8043

Identifier 5553.1 (accession number), CHS-5553.1 (call number), CHS-5553.1 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8369 (legacy record id), chs-m8043 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-8174 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-8175 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8369

Unique identifier UC126282

Legacy Identifier CHS-5553.1.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 14.0 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 35.6 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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