Exterior view of the Echo Mountain House with people on the porch, [s.d.]

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Echo Mountain House with people on the porch, [s.d.]. The large white hotel building is at center. It is three stories tall and has a wrap-around porch. A large, multi-sided tower is at center, and two chimneys protrude from the roof on either side. A series of stone retaining walls is at left. There are many people gathered on the porch and on the stairway that leads to the building at right. The top of Echo Mountain is visible beyond the hotel. The building was constructed in 1894 and burned down in 1900.

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Title Exterior view of the Echo Mountain House with people on the porch, [s.d.]

Subject buildings (adlf), Echo Mountain House (subject), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Altadena -- Mt. Lowe (file heading), Mountains (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Type images

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

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5188

Identifier 13094 (accession number), CHS-13094 (call number), CHS-13094 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25734 (legacy record id), chs-m5188 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5290 (legacy record id), 1-38- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25734

Unique identifier UC129017

Legacy Identifier CHS-13094.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.6 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
44.8 cm × 33.3 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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