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Title
Mount Lowe Railway car descending from Millard Canyon
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 Mount Lowe Railway car descending from Millard Canyon, [s.d.]. In the background at center, a small railroad car in the shape of a trolley can be seen. The car is fully loaded with passengers. A long arm extending from the roof of the car can be seen attached to an array of metal wires overhead. The car moves along a metal track that curves toward the foreground at center. The car moves over a small bridge supported by several wooden beams. In the background at right, clusters of vegetation can be seen.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5159
USC-0-1-1-5261 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-40193
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5159
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-40193.jpg
Subject
Electric railroads
Mountains
Bridges
Los Angeles County--Altadena--Mt. Lowe
Railroad features
Place
Altadena
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
40193 [Accession number]
CHS-40193 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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