Abandoned houses--California--Big Pine; Abandoned buildings--California--Big Pine; Land use; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
To meet the need for water of its growing population, the City of Los Angeles began acquiring water rights in the Owens Valley in 1905. The Los Angeles Aqueduct was completed in 1913 to bring Owens Valley water to the city. During the 1920s, the...
Meetings; Reparations; Claims; Sales; Real property--Purchasing--United States; Big Pine Property Owners Association; Big Pine Reparations Association; Big Pine Water Association; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water...
J. D. Black (1893-1960), also known as Jack, was a merchant of Big Pine and Bishop, California. He was a leader in the fight of Big Pine for reparations from the City of Los Angeles during the Owens Valley water controversy. In the 1920s, he served...
Real property--Valuation; Real property--Purchasing--United States; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
As secretary for the Big Pine Property Owners Association (BPPOA) and later for the Big Pine Reparations Association (BPRA), J. D. Black (1893-1960) was a leader in the fight of Big Pine for reparations from the City of Los Angeles during the Owens...
Land use; Real property--Valuation; Taxation; Real property--Purchasing--United States; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
As secretary for the Big Pine Property Owners Association (BPPOA) and later for the Big Pine Reparations Association (BPRA), J. D. Black (1893-1960) was a leader in the fight of Big Pine for reparations from the City of Los Angeles during the Owens...
Ranches--California--Owens Valley; Real property--Valuation; Real property--Purchasing--United States; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
As secretary for the Big Pine Property Owners Association (BPPOA) and later for the Big Pine Reparations Association (BPRA), J. D. Black (1893-1960) was a leader in the fight of Big Pine for reparations from the City of Los Angeles during the Owens...
Workman, Mary J. (Mary Julia), 1871-1964--Correspondence; Glass, Joseph S.--Correspondence; Cantwell, John Joseph, 1874-1947;
A letter dated October 10, 1917 from Joseph Glass to Mary J. Workman typed on letterhead with the green crest of the Charity Organization Society of Salt Lake City, Utah, about Fr. Cantwell's appointment and Father's and Mother's golden Jubilee.
Photograph of wreckage from the 1933 Long Beach Earthquake. A policeman and several civilians are outside amid large piles of rubble. A car has been crushed under the falling debris, and the ruins of a building can be seen in the background.
Photograph of Main St., Compton, showing buildings destroyed by the earthquake, including the Fargo Coffee & Tea Co., and cars crushed by the falling debris. In the distance, a crane lifts a pile of rubble, with a few onlookers.
Earthquakes--California--Long Beach; Long Beach Earthquake, Calif., 1933; Earthquake damage--California--Long Beach;
Earthquake damage on the after the Long Beach earthquake in 1933. The ground has cracked and ruptured in several areas, both paved and unpaved. There are road blocks on the highway.
Main street of mining town of Bodie, California. Photographer's inscription on front of photograph: "Main Street. Bodie, Calif. H.W.M. 704." Title supplied by cataloger.
Band of musicians in front of Alabama Gates of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Children surround musicians. Western star Tom Mix, shooting a movie in the nearby Alabama Hills, supposedly sent a band to the Gates in support of the occupiers. ...
College presidents--California--Los Angeles; College sports--California--Los Angeles; Jesuits
Letter of January 10, 1930 from Knute K. Rockne, Director of Athletics at University of Notre Dame in Indiana, to Loyola University President Joseph Sullivan, S.J. Transcript:"Dear Father: Please pardon the delay in answering your very fine letter...
Large sign advertising the Loyola University fundraising event Screen Stars Gamble at the Shrine Auditorium. The sign reads:"A $100 show for $10. Screen Stars Gambol. Shrine Auditorium, Mon. eve. Apr. 1. Staged by entire motion picture industry for...
Football players; College sports--California--Los Angeles
Letter of April 10, 1951 from Ray Texas E. Schramm, Jr, Publicity Director at Los Angeles Rams, to Jack Cunningham, Athletic Publicity Director at Loyola University of Los Angeles, requesting information about Richard Nanry and Roger Nolan, two...
Universities and colleges; College presidents--California--Los Angeles; College student newspapers and periodicals
Front page of the Loyolan includes articles such as "Loyola-Marymount Affiliation Signed, Each School Will Retain Own Name, Autonomy," "Aptheker Cleared, Communist to Speak," and "Some Progress Made by Reform Committee."
Portrait of Fr. Joseph Glass, C.M., in profile. The photograph is mounted on heavy paper, with "Marceau, Los Angeles" printed on the lower right corner of the paper. The upper left corner of the paper is torn, and a pinhole and circular...
Loyola University of Los Angeles--Football; College football players
Black-and-white photograph of two football players in uniform side-by-side in squatting position before a snap. Pieces of tape visible in upper center and bottom left corner of photograph. Notation "2a" written in bottom right corner.
