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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The caption notes that the woman at right looking to camera is Mertie West. The woman identified as Mertie West does not appear to be Mertie West. Photograph of Bertha Keethler and other women standing and waiting on the platform of the Mount Lowe Railway for the incline car up to Mount Lowe. She stands, left-of-center, at a railing on the platform and looks towards the camera. Unidentified women stand at the top of a set of stairs at the right edge of the platform. A set of stairs rises behind Bertha at right. Shadows of two men are cast onto the platform's wall, right in front of Bertha. Mountains are visible in the distance at right. Text from negative sleeve: Mount Lowe, Calif. 1932. Waiting for the incline car to Mt Lowe. L to R: Bertha Keithler[sic], Mertie West and Bertha Kiethler's[sic] daughter. [handwritten:] Mildred [end handwritten]. On the trail to Inspiration point. Tree squirrel getting a drink in the water trough alongside the trail to Inspiration point. On the trail to Inspiration Point. L to R.- Will Shaw, Josie Shaw, Aunt Alice Prickett, Bertha Kiethler[sic]. Scenic railway at Inspiration Point. Horsee pullee-pushee. 5 negatives
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0679_004 ark:/21198/zz002hr843
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Lowe, Mount (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Street railroad stations--California--Los Angeles County Mount Lowe Railway Keethler, Bertha May, 1875-1970
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