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Title
Mountainside near Big Pine Recreational Camp
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 mountainside near Big Pine Recreational Camp, [s.d.]. At left, two trees can be seen leaning rightwards up the mountain slope. In the distance, the rest of the mountain ridge can be seen. The earth in the foreground appears arid and covered with rubble.
"In 1923, Los Angeles county established a major recreational facility at Big Pines, an all year resort that included winter and summer sports. Big Pines Recreation Camp (elevation 6,862 feet) had cabins, dining room, fountain and store. Many of the buildings still stand (most notably one of the two stone towers that once supported a pedestrian overpass across Highway 2, west of Wrightwood). Now administered by the U.S. Forest Service, Big Pines continues to be a popular recreation area encompassing three ski resorts, several campgrounds and Jackson Lake." -- unknown author.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m18711 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-36365
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18711
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-36365.jpg
Subject
Big Pines
Los Angeles County--Big Pines
Winter sports
Mountains
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Wrightwood
Swartout
camps: Big Pines Recreation Camp
Source
36365 [Accession number]
CHS-36365 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
chs-m825

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