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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Los Angeles basin with Echo Mountain House and Observatory in the foreground, [s.d.]
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Los Angeles basin with Echo Mountain House and Observatory in the foreground, [s.d.]
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Description
Photograph of a view of the Los Angeles basin, with Echo Mountain House, Observatory, and other buildings (including the Power Station, far left, for the Mount Lowe Railway) on Echo Mountain in the foreground, [s.d.]. "The City on the Mount" -- a general view from Mount Lowe looking toward Pasadena. The small dome observatory stands at the top of the grass hill in the right foreground. Roads connect the observatory to the large mountain house at left. The basin lies behind the hill with many fields and thin roads. Low mountains stand across the background.
Asset Metadata
Title
Los Angeles basin with Echo Mountain House and Observatory in the foreground, [s.d.]
Subject
Los Angeles County -- Altadena -- Mt. Lowe
(file heading),
Mountains
(lcsh),
Mountains
(adlf),
Observatories
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Altadena
(city or populated place),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
mountains: Mount Lowe
(geographic subject),
USA
(countries)
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
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)
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5125
Identifier
3854 (
accession number
), CHS-3854 (
call number
), CHS-3854 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-25672 (
legacy record id
), chs-m5125 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-5227 (
legacy record id
), 1-38-14 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
25672
Unique identifier
UC129046
Legacy Identifier
CHS-3854.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.0 in × 12.8 in at 300dpi
43.2 cm × 32.7 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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