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Title
Panoramic view of Pasadena showing the Echo Mountain Observatory, ca.1920
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of a panoramic view of Pasadena showing the Echo Mountain Observatory, ca.1920. The observatory is pictured on a mountain in the foreground, the city stretching out below. To the left, a narrow road lined to either side with rancher-style buidlings is visible near a set of railroad tracks. In the distance, more hills are visible along with the basin and Santa Catalina Island.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5120
USC-1-1-1-5222 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-8782
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5120
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-8782.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles County--Altadena--Mt. Lowe
Observatories
Mountains
Cities
Time Period
circa 1920
Place
California
Los Angeles
Pasadena
USA
Source
1-38-55 [Microfiche number]
8782 [Accession number]
CHS-8782 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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