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Title
Crystal Lake, near Cold Brook Camp
Creator
Jackson, Bradford D
Date Created and/or Issued
between 1907 and 1912]
Publication Information
[La Canada, Cal.? : B.D. Jackson
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
2008-2832
PHOTO: LOS ANGELES COUNTY: CRYSTAL LAKE
Postcards created by B.D. Jackson based on family camping trips to Cold Brook Camp.
View from spot up a rocky mountain, looking down at oval-shaped lake below. Opposite side of lake is forested hillside.
Cold Brook Camp, located within the Angeles National Forest, very popular with campers. Started out as hunter's camp owned by R.W. Dawson. In 1901, land leased to Doc Beatty who opened hostelry called Squirrel Inn. In 1907, Dawson took over the Inn renaming it Cold Brook Camp. Eventually built hotel, cabins and tents. Was popular in early 1900's and into the 1920's.
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print (postcard) ; 3 4/8 x 5 1/2 in.
Identifier
(C)001392137CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVW-5477
Language
English
Subject
Lakes & ponds--California--San Gabriel Mountains
Forests--California--San Gabriel Mountains
Mountains--California--San Gabriel Mountains
Crystal Lake (Calif.)--Photographs
Los Angeles County (Calif.)--Photographs
San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Photographic postcards
Place
California
San Gabriel Mountains
Crystal Lake (Calif.)
Los Angeles County (Calif.)
San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)

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