Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photographic group portrait of passengers on and around an incline rail car at the Mount Lowe Incline at Echo Mountain, [s.d.]. Men and women stand in an incline rail car, as well as on the steps adjacent to it, at the top of the Mount Lowe incline railway. Behind the car is a small station building with a tiled roof, bearing text that reads "Echo Mountain. 3500 Ft. Above Sea Level". Hills are visible in the right background. The Mount Lowe incline railway was part of the Pacific Electric Railway. The incline railway was built by Professor Thaddeus Lowe and opened to the public on July 4, 1893.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 26 x 21 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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