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Title
Mount Lowe Railway car on the track in Las Flores Canyon, California
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 Mount Lowe Railway car on the track in Las Flores Canyon, California, [s.d.]. In the foreground at right, a curving track can be seen alongside a large cliff wall. At center, a railway car in the shape of a trolley carrying people can be seen. A long metal arm is visible extending from the top of the car and connecting to the metal wires above the car. In the extreme background at left, a small section of track can be seen. Above, a small piece of circular track is visible. Large clusters of vegetation fill the mountainside.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5165
USC-0-1-1-5267 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-40189
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5165
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-40189.jpg
Subject
Electric railroads
Mountains
Bridges
Los Angeles County--Altadena--Mt. Lowe
Railroad features
Place
Altadena
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
40189 [Accession number]
CHS-40189 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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