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Title
Mount Lowe Railway painting, California
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 Mount Lowe Railway painting, California, [s.d.]. At the center of the painting in the foreground, a large rock formation is visible. To the right, a steep cliff has been drawn with a section of track near its top. Down the steep slope, numerous trees can be seen descending into the basin below at left. In the background at center, large mountain ranges are visible. To the far right, tracks can be seen winding along the ridges of the mountains. In the extreme background, an aerial view of the city is shown. City blocks and small mountain ridges are visible.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m5153
USC-1-1-1-5255 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-391
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5153
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-391.jpg
Subject
Electric railroads
Mountains
Art
Los Angeles County--Altadena--Mt. Lowe
Place
Altadena
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-38-28 [Microfiche number]
391 [Accession number]
CHS-391 [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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