Reservoirs--California; Irrigation--California; Land subdivision--California--Los Angeles County; Surveying--California--Los Angeles County--19th century; Surveying--California--History; California--Maps
William Moore worked as a surveyor for the Los Angeles City and County as early as the 1850s. In the late 1860s and 1870s, Moore started working for the Los Angeles Canal and Reservoir Company to establish a system of canals to bring water from the...
Ranches--California; Real property--California--Los Angeles County; Surveying--California--Los Angeles County--19th century; Surveying--California--History; California--Maps
Austrian immigrant and well-known Los Angeles surveyor George Hansen served as the Los Angeles City Surveyor for many terms during the 1850s and 1860s, and as the Los Angeles County Surveyor from 1864 to 1869. He assisted Henry Hancock in surveying...
Political campaigns; Local elections; Public housing--California--Los Angeles; Dockweiler, Frederick C. (Frederick Charles), 1909-2000
Frederick Charles Dockweiler (1909-2000) was the son of Isidore B. Dockweiler and Gertrude Reeve Dockweiler. He was a lawyer active in Los Angeles and California political issues, notable for his stands on various state and local ballot...
Local elections; Ballots; Political campaigns; Public housing--California--Los Angeles; League of Women Voters of California; Dockweiler, Frederick C. (Frederick Charles), 1909-2000
Frederick Charles Dockweiler (1909-2000) was the son of Isidore B. Dockweiler and Gertrude Reeve Dockweiler. He was a lawyer active in Los Angeles and California political issues, notable for his stands on various state and local ballot...
Los Angeles River (Calif.); Rivers--California; Surveying--California--Los Angeles County--19th century; Surveying--California--History; California--Maps
E. T. (Edward Thomas) Wright was county surveyor three times in Los Angeles County, his first term beginning in 1884 and his last ending in 1898. He also served as county surveyor for San Bernadino County. Partnering with W. B. Nicholson, he formed...
Pacific Ocean; Real property--California--Los Angeles County; Surveying--California--Los Angeles County--19th century; Surveying--California--History; California--Maps
E. T. (Edward Thomas) Wright was county surveyor three times in Los Angeles County, his first term beginning in 1884 and his last ending in 1898. He also served as county surveyor for San Bernadino County. Partnering with W. B. Nicholson, he formed...
Mulholland, William, 1855-1935; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Mineral industries; Big Pine (Calif.)--Population; Owens Valley (Calif.)--Social conditions; Advertising; Big Pine (Calif.)--History; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water...
The Big Pine Citizen was the weekly newspaper of Big Pine, a town in the northern Owens Valley of the California Sierras. The newspaper expressed the viewpoint of Big Pine residents on Los Angeles' control of the Owens Valley water supply during...
Catholic Interracial Council (Los Angeles, Calif.); Jesuits--California;
An invitation to a luncheon hosted by the Women's Fair Employment Practices Committee of the Catholic Interracial Council to promote awareness of Proposition 11, the Fair Employment Practices Act. The invitation has been folded into thirds.
Workman, Mary J. (Mary Julia), 1871-1964; Catholic Charities USA;
A letter dated February 2, 1911 to Mary J. Workman from William White typed on letterhead of "Supervisor of Catholic Charities, 98 Richards Street, Brooklyn, N.Y." White writes that he is sending three copies of an address given at an earlier...
Mary Gertrude Dockweiler (1894-1988) was the daughter of Isidore B. Dockweiler and Gertrude Reeve Dockweiler. She was a prominent Los Angeles socialite, also very active in such charitable causes as the Los Angeles Orphanage Guild. Mary Dockweiler...
John Francis Dockweiler (1895-1943) was the son of Isidore B. Dockweiler and Gertrude Reeve Dockweiler. He was a prominent Los Angeles lawyer from the Dockweiler family. He served as a Democratic U.S. Congressman from 1933 to 1939, and as the...
Prisoners of war; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese; World War, 1939-1945--Philippines; American Red Cross
Sooy, Mary Dockweiler Young, 1894-1988; Young, William K., 1900-1962; Group portraits; Family members
Mary Gertrude Dockweiler (1894-1988) was the daughter of Isidore B. Dockweiler and Gertrude Reeve Dockweiler. She was a prominent Los Angeles socialite, also very active in such charitable causes as the Los Angeles Orphanage Guild. Mary Dockweiler...
Prisoners of war; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese; World War, 1939-1945--Philippines; American Red Cross
Local elections; Political campaigns; Public housing--California--Los Angeles; Dockweiler, Frederick C. (Frederick Charles), 1909-2000; Larson, John R.
Frederick Charles Dockweiler (1909-2000) was the son of Isidore B. Dockweiler and Gertrude Reeve Dockweiler. He was a lawyer active in Los Angeles and California political issues, notable for his stands on various state and local ballot...
