First Mount Lowe Railway car to leave Altadena for Rubio Canyon, July 4, 1893 (CHS-40191)

Photograph of the first Mount Lowe Railway car to leave Altadena for Rubio Canyon, July 4, 1893. A large group of finely-dressed people gather on the railroad platform looking towards the foreground. Many stand on the raised, wooden platform at right while others sit on a decorated railroad car at center. Two small boys stand on broken shards of wood in the foreground while flags wave in the background.