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View of Pacific Electric train number one hundred fifty at the Rubio Canon Station on Mount Lowe, ca.1906
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View of Pacific Electric train number one hundred fifty at the Rubio Canon Station on Mount Lowe, ca.1906
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Description
Photograph of a view of Pacific Electric train number one hundred fifty at the Rubio Canon Station on Mount Lowe, ca.1906. The electric railway car is emerging from a large wooden station at center. The car is packed with people, and three more people are standing in front of the train. The station is large and light-colored. A wooden platform can be seen in the foreground. In the background at left, an inclined railroad car is making its way up a steep wooden track. The three-tiered car is full of people who are looking down at the station.
Asset Metadata
Title
View of Pacific Electric train number one hundred fifty at the Rubio Canon Station on Mount Lowe, ca.1906
Subject
Electric railroads
(lcsh),
Los Angeles County -- Altadena -- Mt. Lowe
(file heading),
Mountains
(lcsh),
railroad features
(adlf)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Altadena
(city or populated place),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1906
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1906
Contributor
Craig Rasmussen Collection
(provenance)
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-m5186
Identifier
14594 (
accession number
), CHS-14594 (
call number
), CHS-14594 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-25732 (
legacy record id
), chs-m5186 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-5288 (
legacy record id
), 1-52- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
25732
Unique identifier
UC128908
Legacy Identifier
CHS-14594.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.8 in × 15.9 in at 300dpi
50.2 cm × 40.4 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
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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