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Title
View of Mount San Antonio (also known as Mount Baldy), viewed from the ridge across San Antonio Canyon, Los Angeles County, ca.1885
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1885
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 view of Mount San Antonio (also known as Mount Baldy), viewed from the ridge across San Antonio Canyon, Los Angeles County, ca.1885. The sides of the mountain, populated with a plethora of trees, are covered in snow.
"Mount San Antonio, also known as Old Baldy, is, at 10,080 feet, the highest peak in Los Angeles County. Located in the San Gabriel Mountains and within the Angeles National Forest, the snow-capped mountain is sometimes visible from as far away as Santa Monica." -- Leanord and Dale Pitt.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17591
USC-1-1-1-14239 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-6101
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17591
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-6101.jpg
Subject
Mountains
Natural features--Mountains--Mount San Antonio (Mount Baldy)
Time Period
circa 1885
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
mountains: Mount San Antonio
Source
1-84-48 [Microfiche number]
6101 [Accession number]
CHS-6101 [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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