Title supplied by cataloger.; "Mt. Lowe snow scene" written on verso of image. Passengers have gotten off of a Pacific Electric trolley traveling on the Mount Lowe Railway in the San Gabriel Mountains to throw snowballs. Photo dated: January 25, 1933.; T.S.C. Lowe founded the Mount Lowe project and Mount Lowe Railway. In 1892, Oak Mountain, a 6,100 foot peak behind Echo Mountain, was renamed Mount Lowe in his honor. The rail system was engineered by David J. Macpherson and completed in 1893.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Mount Lowe Railway Pacific Electric Railway Company Electric railroads--California--Lowe, Mount (Los Angeles County) Cable cars (Streetcars)--California--Lowe, Mount (Los Angeles County) Snow--California--Lowe, Mount (Los Angeles County) Snowballs--California--Lowe, Mount (Los Angeles County) Mountains--California, Southern Lowe, Mount (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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