Contemporary photo by Steve Crise. Compositing by Jim Bunte.
Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection
A blended, then-and-now image of the top of the Mount Lowe Incline at Echo Mountain, featuring a late-1800s image composited with a contemporary view of the location. Contemporary photo by Steve Crise. Compositing by Jim Bunte.
Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection
Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection
This circa 1910 brochure measures 3.5" by 7" and is a single fold, gifted by the late Vic McVey (McVey Hardware Store, Temple City) as part of his entire collection donated to the Mount Lowe Preservation Society.... Read More
Check out this amazing piece produced by AOL for its "What Remains" web video series on Mount Lowe. Featuring Michael Patris and images from the collection of the Mount Lowe Preservation Society (parent to Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society), the video promises to introduce Mount Lowe and the Pacific Electric to hundreds of thousands of new viewers over the next few weeks.
Gift of Cyndia Williams and Old Towne Antiques (San Dimas), Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection
Late-teens Pacific Electric Railway magazine ad, just donated by long time friend and supporter of the Mount Lowe Preservation Society, Inc., Cyndia Williams, owner of Old Towne Antiques in San Dimas. Cyndia has a great store with loads of great items, so if you are on the hunt for something, go check out her business at 125 W. Bonita Avenue.
Note the "Other Points of Interest" where Pasadena is listed as home of the millionaires and Casa Verdugo, (on the Glendale Line) where the "Quaint Old Spanish Restaurant" is located, serving up dinners as in days gone by!
Mount Lowe is listed as "the foremost side trip in California."
Gift of Cyndia Williams and Old Towne Antiques (San Dimas), Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection
Gift of Bobby McDearmon, Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection
Unknown PE conductor's cabinet photo from the 1920s, taken by Hartsook Photographers with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Porterville, Bakersfield, Oakland, Visalia, Sacramento, Pasadena and Pomona. The card measures 6x11 inches. The cabinet photo was graciously donated by Bobby McDearmon.
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Gift of Rick Wright, Mount Lowe Preservation Society Collection
An unissued stock certificate from the Los Angeles, Pasadena and Glendale Railway Company. Donated to the Mount Lowe Preservation Society by Rick Wright.
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