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Title
Los Angeles basin with Echo Mountain House and Observatory in the foreground
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
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 view of the Los Angeles basin, with Echo Mountain House, Observatory, and other buildings (including the Power Station, far left, for the Mount Lowe Railway) on Echo Mountain in the foreground, [s.d.]. "The City on the Mount" -- a general view from Mount Lowe looking toward Pasadena. The small dome observatory stands at the top of the grass hill in the right foreground. Roads connect the observatory to the large mountain house at left. The basin lies behind the hill with many fields and thin roads. Low mountains stand across the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5125
USC-1-1-1-5227 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3854
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5125
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3854.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles County--Altadena--Mt. Lowe
Observatories
Mountains
Place
Altadena
California
Los Angeles
USA
mountains: Mount Lowe
Source
1-38-14 [Microfiche number]
3854 [Accession number]
CHS-3854 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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