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Summit, Mt. Lowe, near Los Angles [sic], Cal.
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Identifier
clloy_201
Title
Summit
,
Mt
.
Lowe
,
near
Los
Angles
[sic]
,
Cal
.
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
circa
1930
Subject (Topic)
Mountains--California--Los
Angeles
;
Hotels--California--Los
Angeles
;
Observatories--California--Los
Angeles
;
Subject (Name)
Lowe
Observatory
(Los
Angeles
County
,
Calif.)
;
Subject (Place)
Lowe
,
Mount
(Los
Angeles
County
,
Calif.)
;
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
Color
;
9
x
14
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
M
.
Kashower
Co
.
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
Cal
.
Language
eng
Description
A
view
from the
summit
of
Mt
.
Lowe
,
looking
down
at
Echo
Mountain
and the
White
City
, and
Los
Angeles
below
.
Historical Background
The
development
of
Mt
.
Lowe
in the
San
Gabriel
Mountains
near
Los
Angeles
,
California
, was
mostly
undertaken
by
Thaddeus
Lowe
who
retired
to
Los
Angeles
in the
late
1880s
. In
1893
, he
organized
the
construction
of the
Mount
Lowe
Railway
,
along
with
engineer
David
J
.
Macpherson
. The
railway
took
a
scenic
route
winding
over
nearly
seven
miles
of
track
around
Mount
Lowe
and
Echo
Mountain
.
Hotels
were
constructed
on
Echo
mountain
,
including
the
Echo
Mountain
House
,
Echo
Chalet
, and
Rubio
Pavilion
.
Other
attractions
included
an
observatory
, a
casino
and
dance
hall
, and a
menagerie
of
local
wildlife
. The
buildings
were
painted
white
,
earning
the
nickname
, "the
White
City.
"
Unfortunately
, the
railway
did
not
prove
financially
successful
, and the
tracks
were
constantly
in
need
of
expensive
repairs
. A
series
of
disasters
between
1900
and
1928
,
including
fires
,
floods
, and
gale-force
winds
,
gradually
destroyed
the
buildings
on the
summit
.
Henry
Huntington
acquired
the
railway
in
1902
, and
kept
it
in
operation
until
1938
,
when
torrential
rains
washed
away
large
portions
of the
track
.
Publisher's Identifier
Series number: 1101; Written in lower left corner of image: "14572"
Additional Notes
Printed
on
textured
paper
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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