- Title
- Summit, Mt. Lowe, near Los Angles [sic], Cal.
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- Description
- A view from the summit of Mt. Lowe, looking down at Echo Mountain and the White City, and Los Angeles below.
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- Physical description
- 1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
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- Subject
- Mountains--California--Los Angeles; Hotels--California--Los Angeles; Observatories--California--Los Angeles;
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- Note
- 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.
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- Collection Location
- Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
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- Type
- ["Postcards"]
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- Geographic Location
- Lowe, Mount (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
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- Language
- eng
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