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Title
Panoramic view of the Los Angeles basin from Mount Lowe, 1924
Date Created and/or Issued
1924
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 the Los Angeles basin from Mount Lowe, 1924. The image, taken from the slopes of Mount Lowe, shows the Mount Lowe observatory, and a sweeping view of the city that spreads out at center. In the distance, the ocean and mist surround Catalina Island can be seen.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
20 x 25 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2839
USC-2-1-1-2909 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-36967
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2839
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-36967.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Streets--Washington #1
Los Angeles--General views--C of C (Aerials, wide panoramas)
Mount Lowe Observatory
Observatories
Cities
Time Period
1924
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Washington Boulevard
Main Street
Source
36967 [Accession number]
CHS-36967 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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