Professor Edgar L. Larkin, astronomer, at Mt. Lowe (Echo Mountain) Observatory

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  Echo Mountain and Mt. Lowe in winter, from Pasadena

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  A view of Echo Mt. and Mt. Lowe from Pasadena with snow on the mountains and houses and orange groves visible in the foreground.

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  Echo Mt. and valley

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  View from Mount Lowe in the San Gabriel Mountains on the buildings of the Echo Mountain House hotel, at left, and the Mt. Lowe Observatory, at right, on Echo Mountain, with the city of Pasadena, California, and the San Gabriel Valley below.

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  Views of Mount Lowe in the San Gabriel Mountains

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  An album with 26 photographs of Mount Lowe, the observatory and other structures, Echo Mountain, and scenic views of the area in the San Gabriel Mountains near Pasadena, California. Views of the observatory include the dark room, the 10-inch telescope, and astronomer Lewis Swift standing in the observatory doorway. Photographs of other structures show Rubio Pavilion, Echo Mountain House, Mount Lowe Railway, and Professor Thaddeus Lowe on the balcony of the "New Hotel". Views around Mount Lowe show several waterfalls, including the Leontine Falls, a number of small canyons, and a view of the San Gabriel Valley and Pasadena. Some of the images have numbers printed on them; item 7 can be positively identified as the work of C.C. Pierce. Visible photographer numbers consist of 180, 559, 605, 623, 637, 641, 651, 695, 721x, 733, 735, 749, 797, 821, 847, 851, 853, 857, 863, 865, 869, and 871.

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  Mt. Lowe Incline

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  View of cable car and riders at bottom of the Mt. Lowe incline.

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  Pasadena from Echo Mt. showing Santa Catalina Island

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  View of the San Gabriel Valley including the city of Pasadena, California, as seen from the San Gabriel Mountains, with the Mount Lowe Observatory visible at right in the foreground and buildlings including the Pacific Electric Railway power station of Mt. Lowe Railroad and the ruins of the Echo Mountain House hotel, which was destroyed by fire in 1900, visible on Echo Mountain at left.

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  Mt. Lowe Alpine Tavern

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  A view of the Mt. Lowe Tavern in the San Gabriel Mountains.

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