California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Distant view of snow-capped Mount San Antonio (or Mount Baldy), ca.1920

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Distant view of snow-capped Mount San Antonio (or Mount Baldy), ca.1920

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Photograph of a distant view of snow-capped Mount San Antonio (or Mount Baldy), ca.1920. Grass covers most of the land in the foreground. Thicker vegetation covers the area near the base of the mountain.; "The crown jewel of the San Gabriel Mountains, majestic Mt. San Antonio (10,064 ft. elevation) towers over all other peaks in the range. More popularly known as Mt. Baldy or Old Baldy, it is the highest point in the San Gabriel Mountains. It is not, however, the highest mountain in Southern California. That distinction goes to 11,502 ft. Mt. San Gorgonio, popularly known as Old Grayback, which is in the San Bernardino Mountains within the San Bernardino National Forest. Mt. Baldy is visible from much of Southern California and conversely much of Southern California can be seen from its summit, air pollution permitting. Not only is Mt. Baldy high, it is massive, somewhat pyramidal in shape and fairly symmetrical - it looks like a king of the mountains should look. It is one of the most photographed objects of the Southern California landscape. Its snow-covered summit has appeared on post cards and tourist literature lauding the attractions of Southern California for nearly a hundred years. Seen with its snowy summit glowing like a live coal at sunset or with snow blowing in a great plume from the top, it is an awe-inspiring sight." -- unknown author.; "San Gabriel Mountains, segment of the Pacific Coast Ranges, extending eastward for about 60 miles (100 km) from Newhall Pass, north of San Fernando, to Cajon Pass in southern California, U.S. Many peaks in the San Gabriel chain exceed 9,000 feet (2,700 m), including the twin peaks of North Baldy (9,131 feet) and Mount Baden-Powell (9,389 feet), about 65 miles (105 km) northeast of Los Angeles, and Mount San Antonio, or "Old Baldy" (10,080 feet), the highest point. The range also includes Mount Wilson (5,710 feet), with its famous astronomical observatory, just northeast of Pasadena; favorable weather allows its use for about 300 days a year. Between 1922 and 1927 the physicist Albert A. Michelson measured the speed of light by sending a beam of light from Mt. Wilson to a mirror on Mt. San Antonio and back again. The mountains are largely within the Angeles National Forest. The southern foothills, which enter residential and agricultural communities of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties, are noted for citrus-fruit production." -- unknown author.

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Title Distant view of snow-capped Mount San Antonio (or Mount Baldy), ca.1920

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1920

Subject Mountains (lcsh), Mountains (adlf), San Bernardino County -- Mount Baldy (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), San Bernardino (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1920

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 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)

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-m8407

Identifier 5558 (accession number), CHS-5558 (call number), CHS-5558 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8724 (legacy record id), chs-m8407 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-8540 (legacy record id), 1-84-39 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8724

Unique identifier UC138356

Legacy Identifier CHS-5558.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.8 in × 15.0 in at 300dpi
47.7 cm × 38.3 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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