Freemont pass in Antelope Valley, Los Angeles, ca.1900-1950

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Photograph of Freemont pass in Antelope Valley, Los Angeles, ca.1900-1950. Two large rock faces, lined to either side by shrubs and other low-growing vegetation, create a narrow passageway through which the cleared road must pass. Telephone poles are visible to the right. Photoprint reads "Beale's Cut. Pass cut by Beale from San Fernando Valley to Newhall". The following are transcriptions of memos regarding the pass:; Memo by Eugene Plummer, [s.d.]: "Fremont crossed into the San Fernando Valley coming south from Santa Barbara by the Santa Susana pass and in the San Fernando Valley, came to the home of Geronimo Lopez. (This site is now under Chatsworth lake.) he there inquired where he could encamp his men, preparatory to engaging the Californians from Los Angeles. Lopez directed him to the place of Mariano de la Luz Verdugo. This is now the site of Universal City--the place being marked by the adobe chapel at Universal City."; Memo per Plummer in regard to the Newhall Cut between Newhall and San Fernando, March 26, 1937: "This pass is marked as the Fremont Pass. Plummer says that Fremont never came into the San Fernando Valley by this route but over the Santa Susana. This cut was made in the 1860's by Nadeau, to accomodaate freighting to north from Los Angeles and was operated as a toll road. The toll road was controlled by a man named Cummings, and Plummer relates that Cummings was fond of Liquor but could not 'hold his liquor'. On one occasion, Plummer and others wished to drive a herd of cattle through the pass and to avoid paying the toll charges. They sent a man ahead who treated Cummings to 7 or 8 drinks of brandy till he was 'out', and then they drove the cattle through the pass without paying a toll."

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Title Freemont pass in Antelope Valley, Los Angeles, ca.1900-1950

Subject gaps (adlf), Mountains (lcsh), Natural features -- Mountains -- General (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900/1950

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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 1900/1950

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-m17803

Identifier 6627 (accession number), CHS-6627 (call number), CHS-6627 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17788 (legacy record id), chs-m17803 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14235 (legacy record id), 1-84- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17788

Unique identifier UC113216

Legacy Identifier CHS-6627.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.6 in × 17.7 in at 300dpi
34.5 cm × 45.1 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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