View of a building on top of Echo Mountain in Altadena, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a view of a building on top of Echo Mountain in Altadena, [s.d.]. The two-story stucco building can be seen at center. Three large archways on the first floor provide access to a wraparound covered porch. Two women can be seen at right, walking across a narrow road. A rectangular window is visible on the second floor of the building, and two men are visible in the window. The roof of the building is covered with terracotta tiles, and a spotlight can be seen on the roof at center. A sign on the front of the building reads: "Echo Mountain 3500 ft. above Sea Level".

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Title View of a building on top of Echo Mountain in Altadena, [s.d.]

Subject Mountains (lcsh), railroad features (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Altadena (city or populated place), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), mountains: Mount Lowe (geographic subject), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 12 x 7 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-m22939

Identifier 49742 (accession number), CHS-49742 (call number), CHS-49742 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-22475 (legacy record id), chs-m22939 (legacy record id), USC (project), TRAN-159 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 22475

Unique identifier UC125807

Legacy Identifier CHS-49742.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.1 in × 27.6 in at 300dpi
43.5 cm × 70.2 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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