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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Mount Lowe Incline Railway and passengers, California, ca.1901
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Mount Lowe Incline Railway and passengers, California, ca.1901
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Description
Photograph of Mount Lowe Incline Railway and passengers, California, ca.1901. At the base of the incline is an open air cable car with about eight passengers. Next to the incline at the station is a an electric railcar. Flights of stairs flank the base of the incline rails. Several men are seen posing casually around the railway car. The metal tracks of the railway car are positioned against the mountain at a steep angle and are visible up to the peak of the mountain.
Asset Metadata
Title
Mount Lowe Incline Railway and passengers, California, ca.1901
Subject
Los Angeles County -- Altadena -- Mt. Lowe
(file heading),
Mountains
(lcsh),
railroad features
(adlf),
Railroads, Cable
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Altadena
(city or populated place),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
mountains: Mount Lowe
(geographic subject),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1901
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, glass photonegative, b&w ; 25 x 20 cm., 22 x 17 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
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)
Date Created
1901
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-m5181
Identifier
304 (
accession number
), CHS-304 (
call number
), CHS-304 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-25727 (
legacy record id
), chs-m5181 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-5283 (
legacy record id
), 1-38-24 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
25727
Unique identifier
UC129031
Legacy Identifier
CHS-304.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
13.2 in × 17.2 in at 300dpi
33.7 cm × 43.7 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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