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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Panoramic view of Pasadena showing the Echo Mountain Observatory, ca.1920
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Panoramic view of Pasadena showing the Echo Mountain Observatory, ca.1920
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Photograph of a panoramic view of Pasadena showing the Echo Mountain Observatory, ca.1920. The observatory is pictured on a mountain in the foreground, the city stretching out below. To the left, a narrow road lined to either side with rancher-style buidlings is visible near a set of railroad tracks. In the distance, more hills are visible along with the basin and Santa Catalina Island.
Asset Metadata
Title
Panoramic view of Pasadena showing the Echo Mountain Observatory, ca.1920
Subject
cities
(adlf),
Los Angeles County -- Altadena -- Mt. Lowe
(file heading),
Mountains
(lcsh),
Observatories
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Pasadena
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1920
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 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
1920
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(photographer)
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-m5120
Identifier
8782 (
accession number
), CHS-8782 (
call number
), CHS-8782 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-25667 (
legacy record id
), chs-m5120 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-5222 (
legacy record id
), 1-38-55 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
25667
Unique identifier
UC129156
Legacy Identifier
CHS-8782.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.3 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
51.7 cm × 41.2 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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