Mount Lowe Railway track at Horseshoe Loop, showing view of surrounding area, [s.d.]

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Photograph of aerial view of Mount Lowe Railway track at Horseshoe Loop, showing view of surrounding area, [s.d.]. At the bottom of the image, a track can be seen moving alongside a steep mountain slope covered in thick vegetation at left. Further to the right, another track can be seen surrounded by scrub brush. In the background at center, a track can be seen moving further to the right through a thick forest of trees. To the far left, another track also parts the dense forest. Above the line of trees and vegetation, outlines of mountain ranges can be seen in the background. A valley is also visible to the far right. Image is a wider shot compared to CHS-1380.

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Title Mount Lowe Railway track at Horseshoe Loop, showing view of surrounding area, [s.d.]

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm., 20 x 25 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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5146

Identifier 1378 (accession number), CHS-1378 (call number), CHS-1378 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25693 (legacy record id), chs-m5146 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-5248 (legacy record id), 1-38-3 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25693

Unique identifier UC129027

Legacy Identifier CHS-1378.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.3 in × 17.2 in at 300dpi
33.8 cm × 43.8 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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