Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Possibly related to the article “Big Bear Lake is Gem Crowning Mountain Top, Nature’s Charms Allure in Region Visited by Scout Party, Years Bring Many Improvements.” Los Angeles Times, 26 May 1935. The article states: "… To obtain first hand facts about this wonder area, The Times scout car … rolled up into the San Bernardino Mountains the other day. Smooth pavement all the way from First and Broadway to the village of Pine Knot seemed almost incredible, but it is there, for the State has spent $1,500,000 building this de luxe roadway, and reducing the grade, which had run as high as 16 per cent, to a maximum of 4 per cent, creating one of the most ideal mountain roads in the world. …" Aerial view of Big Bear Lake and surrounding mountains, looking east, with California Highway 18 and Butler Peak in left foreground Handwritten at edge of negative: Big Bear Valley Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Big Bear Valley & Lake
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
0981 uclamss_1429_0981 ark:/21198/zz002dbbzv
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Big Bear Lake (San Bernardino County, Calif. : Lake) Environment
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