California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Horses attached to a winding apparatus at the construction of the Mount Lowe Railway, ca.1900

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Horses attached to a winding apparatus at the construction of the Mount Lowe Railway, ca.1900

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Photograph of horses attached to a winding apparatus at the construction of the Mount Lowe Railway, ca.1900. At center, six horses are shown on a cliff edge in groups of two, pulling the spokes of a wooden wheel in order to turn it. This apparatus apparently hoisted freight. Men, including one on the back of an eighth horse, can also be seen on the cliff. The railway was a project of Professor Thaddeus Lowe in the Moutains of Altadena.

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Title Horses attached to a winding apparatus at the construction of the Mount Lowe Railway, ca.1900

Subject Building (lcsh), Horses (lcsh), Lowe, Professor Thaddeus (subject), Mount Lowe Railway (subject), Mountains (lcsh), Mountains (adlf), Railroads (lcsh), Transportation -- Railroads -- Southern California -- Los Angeles County (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

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

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1900

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-m12075

Identifier 36699 (accession number), CHS-36699 (call number), CHS-36699 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11570 (legacy record id), chs-m12075 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12227 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11570

Unique identifier UC129652

Legacy Identifier CHS-36699.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.5 in × 15.5 in at 300dpi
49.7 cm × 39.5 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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