Echo Mountain Observatory and Hotel in Winter, ca.1895-1900

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Photograph through the trees of the Echo Mountain Observatory and Echo Mountain House (in the background) covered in snow. The valley floor crisscrossed with agricultural parcels is visible in the distance. Additional information: The Echo Mountain House was destroyed by a fire in 1900.

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Title Echo Mountain Observatory and Hotel in Winter, ca.1895-1900

Subject Altadena -- Mt. Lowe (file heading), Astronomy (file heading), Echo Mountain House (subject), Echo Mountain Observatory (subject), Hotels, taverns, etc. (lcsh), Mountains (lcsh), Observatories (lcsh), research facilities (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1895/1900

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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 1895/1900

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-m5119

Identifier 2031 (accession number), CHS-2031 (call number), CHS-2031 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25666 (legacy record id), chs-m5119 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14190 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-5221 (legacy record id), 1-100-3 (microfiche number), 1-38-37 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25666

Unique identifier UC128967

Legacy Identifier CHS-2031.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.9 in × 14.4 in at 300dpi
45.4 cm × 36.6 cm at 300dpi

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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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