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Granite Gate, Mt. Lowe Railroad



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  • Incline - Mt. Lowe Railroad

    Incline - Mt. Lowe Railroad

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    View of cable car and passengers at the base of Mt. Lowe incline.

    photCL Pierce 04967

  • Circle bridge, Mt. Lowe Railroad

    Circle bridge, Mt. Lowe Railroad

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    View of cable car and passengers on curve of bridge overlooking the valley.

    photCL Pierce 04974

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    Granite Gate, Mount Lowe

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    The B.D. Jackson Collection of Negatives and Photographs consists of 804 4 x 5 in. and 8 x 10 in. glass plate negatives, 1782 film negatives (including stereo negatives), 2302 black and white photographs (including stereos, postcards, and photograph albums), and related manuscript and ephemeral materials, 1903-1950s (bulk 1920s-1930s), that provide a visual history of the growth of many of the San Gabriel Valley's suburban communities, a survey of many of California's (and the western United States') notable landscapes, and an overview of Jackson's career as a landscape and scenic view photographer.

    photCL 332

  • Mt. Lowe Incline

    Mt. Lowe Incline

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

    photCL Pierce 04961

  • Rubio Pavilion, Mt. Lowe

    Rubio Pavilion, Mt. Lowe

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    View of Rubio Pavillion.

    photCL Pierce 04968

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    [View of Mount Lowe Railroad tracks, showing Granite Gate and railroad car]

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    The Huntington Library's Collection of Panoramic Photographs, 1851 to 2014, depicts a wide variety of subjects and provides an important resource for the visual history of the United States, with a particular emphasis on California and the American West. Subjects include landscapes, group portraits, and miscellaneous views. The collection also contains photographs by some of the better known photographers and photographic firms of the first part of the twentieth century. Photographers and publishers represented in the collection include Charles Z. Bailey; Bailey and Ramsey; Bryant Studio; Bunnell Photo Shop; California Panorama Company; Bell Clements; Fay Foto Service; R.J. Gallagher; George. R. Lawrence Company; J.D. Givens; Gordon Panoramic Photo Company; Griffith Photo; Harris Photographic Company; Karen Halverson; George W. Hazard; L.M. Hermance; Hiller; Hughes Photos; William Henry Jackson; I.L. Maduro; Mayhart Studio; C.R. Nock; Panorama Publishing Company; Pettit's Studio; Photo News Service; C.C. Pierce; A.C. Pillsbury; Pillsbury Picture Company; Prince Photo; G.H. Rice; H.H. Rideout; Sanford and Black Photo News Service; Thompson; O.A. Tunnell; H.A. Varble; Miles F. Weaver; and West Coast Art Company. Notable in the collection is a contemporary four-plate ambrotype in a frame; it is a panoramic view of the Los Angeles River, 2014, by Michael Kolster (photPAN 147).

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