Mount Lowe railway car on circular bridge, 1895-1900

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Photograph Mount Lowe railway car on circular bridge, 1895-1900. In the extreme foreground at right, a section of the circular track can be seen extending over a steep drop. At center, a railway car with a painted number "5" can be seen on the track. At least twelve people can be seen riding in the car. A large metallic pole can be seen extending from the top of the car and meeting with another pole extending from a post to the right of the tracks. The hotel on Echo Mountain is visible in the background. In the extreme background at left, the landscape of the city is visible. The railway was the creation of Thaddeus S.C. Lowe, a Civil War balloonist.

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Title Mount Lowe railway car on circular bridge, 1895-1900

Contributor Olson Blow Up Lab (contributor)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1895/1900

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1895/1900

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, photonegative, b&w ; 18 x 13 cm., 13 x 10 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (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)

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-m5164

Identifier 2125 (accession number), CHS-2125 (call number), CHS-2125 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25711 (legacy record id), chs-m5164 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5266 (legacy record id), 1-38-38 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25711

Unique identifier UC129074

Legacy Identifier CHS-2125.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 7.4 in × 9.4 in at 300dpi
18.9 cm × 24.1 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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