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Big Pine Canal. Los Angeles City Illegal Diversion Ditch
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Object Description
Identifier
ov013
Title
Big
Pine
Canal
.
Los
Angeles
City
Illegal
Diversion
Ditch
Creator
Black
,
J
.
D
.
(John
David)
,
1893-1960
;
Date Created
circa
1930
Description
Diversion
ditch
from
Big
Pine
Canal
,
most
likely
illegally
cut
by
City
of
Los
Angeles
employees
in
August
1924
. The
ditch
is
now
filled
in, and the
Big
Pine
Canal
(background
,
lined
with
brush)
was
no
longer
in
use
a
source
of
irrigation
water
for
Big
Pine
farmers
and
ranchers
by the
date
(circa
1930)
of this
photograph
. The
snow-capped
mountains
in the
background
are
most
likely
the
Sierra
Nevada
, to the
west
of
Big
Pine
. The
snow
pack
of the
Sierra
Nevada
,
which
can
be
seen
here,
is
the
source
of
water
that
feeds
the
Owens
River
and
other
streams
that the
Los
Angeles
Aqueduct
then
carries
to
Los
Angeles
.
Text
on
back
of
photograph
in
hand
of
J
.
D
.
Black
: "
where
City
started
to
cut
around
Big
Pine
Canal.
"
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Background
This
photograph
is
probably
of the
site
where
, in
August
1924
,
Big
Pine
residents
threatened
violence
against
Los
Angeles
city
employees
to
stop
their
diversion
of
water
from the
Big
Pine
Canal
for
city
use
. This
attempted--and
illegal--diversion
of
water
from the
canal
to the
Los
Angeles
aqueduct
symbolized
to
Big
Pine
residents
the
injustice
of
Los
Angeles
'
actions
in their
valley
. These
actions
undermined
the
source
of their
prosperity
, the
water
needed
to
sustain
the
valley's
agriculture
. A
resident
of
Big
Pine
and
leader
of
resistance
against
Los
Angeles
,
J
.
D
.
Black
(1893-1960)
used
this
photograph
to
document
the
actions
of
Los
Angeles
in the
Owens
Valley
.
Type
image
;
Physical Description
1
photograph
:
b&w
;
8
x
13
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/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Language
eng
;
Subject (Name)
Los
Angeles
Department
of
Water
and
Power
;
Subject (Place)
Owens
River
(Calif.)--Water
rights
;
Los
Angeles
Aqueduct
(Calif.)
;
Big
Pine
(Calif.)
;
Sierra
Nevada
(Calif
. and
Nev.)
;
Big
Pine
Canal
(Calif.)
;
Subject (Topic)
Water
rights--California--Big
Pine
;
Water
rights--California--Los
Angeles
;
Irrigation--California--Big
Pine
;
Land
use
,
Rural--California--History
;
Irrigation--Canals--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
Description
Identifier
ov013_side1
Title
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Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
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