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Identifier	ov012
Title	Los Angeles City Property. Osborne Farmhouse. Fish Springs, California
Creator	Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960;
Date Created	circa 1930
Description	Former farmhouse of "Osborne" near Fish Springs, California, of the Owens Valley, purchased by the City of Los Angeles in 1924. Unidentified hills in background. Shed in background. Text on back of photograph in hand of J. D. Black: "Formerly Osborne Home Fish Springs City Purchase 1924." Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Background	To meet the need for water of its growing population, the City of Los Angeles began buying land and corresponding water rights in the Owens Valley in 1905, starting the famous Owens Valley Water Controversy. In 1913, the great Los Angeles Aqueduct was completed to bring Owens Valley water to the city. In the 1920s, the City of Los Angeles began additional large-scale purchases of land in the valley to increase its supply of water from the valley, resulting in the city's almost complete control of the valley's agricultural land. This led to a decline in the valley's agricultural infrastructure. A resident of Big Pine and leader of resistance against Los Angeles, J. D. Black (1893-1960) used such photographs as these to document the deterioration of the valley under Los Angeles rule.
Type	image;
Physical Description	1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 14 cm
Institution	Center for the Study of Los Angeles Research Collection, Loyola Marymount University
Collection Identifier	http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3w1022nb
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	Public Domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/dlp/copyright.htm
Language	eng;
Subject (Name)	Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
Subject (Place)	Owens River (Calif.)--Water rights;
Subject (Topic)	Houses--California--Big Pine; Abandoned houses--California--Big Pine; Abandoned buildings--California--Big Pine; Orchards--California--Big Pine; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Land use, Rural--California--History; Farmhouses--California--Big Pine; Sheds--California--Big Pine;
Form/Genre	Photographs;
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/
Item/Call Number	J. D. Black Papers, CSLA-15, Series 3: Photographs, Subseries B: Abandoned Properties, Owens Valley, Box 17, Sleeve 33

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