Well probably owned and operated by the City of Los Angeles, pumping groundwater into ditches that bring water to the Los Angeles Aqueduct. To meet the need for water of its growing population, the City of Los Angeles began acquiring water rights...
Well probably owned and operated by the City of Los Angeles, pumping groundwater into ditches that bring water to the Los Angeles Aqueduct. To meet the need for water of its growing population, the City of Los Angeles began acquiring water rights...
Wellheads; Wells--California--Owens Valley; Water-pipes; Barbed wire; Water-supply--California--Management; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
Well was probably owned and operated by the City of Los Angeles to pump groundwater into ditches that bring water to the Los Angeles Aqueduct. To meet the need for water of its growing population, the City of Los Angeles began acquiring water...
Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Bombings; Del Valle, Reginaldo F. (Reginaldo Francisco), 1854-1938; Water-supply--California--Management; Actions and defenses; Mineral industries; Owens Valley (Calif.)--Social conditions; Advertising; Big Pine...
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...
One of the canals that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power operated in Owens Valley to bring groundwater pumped from wells to the Los Angeles Aqueduct. In left background are power lines or telephone lines. In right background are the...
Real property auctions; Real property--Purchasing--United States; Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Water and Power; 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...
Reparations; Claims; Actions and defenses; Meetings; Sales; Big Pine Reparations Association; Real property--Valuation; Real property--Purchasing--United States; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
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...
College presidents--California--Los Angeles; Jesuits
Donald P. Merrifield, S.J. at a reunion of the 60s radicals. From left to right are Harold Brooks, Dave Luna, Rick Hamm, Veronica Hayes, Ron Fields, Frank Velasco, Grover McKean, Fr. Merrifield, Sara Mijares, Raul Mijares, Anthony Mathews, and Irma...
A trifold brochure supporting John F. Dockweiler's 1938 campaign to become Governor of California. A statement at the bottom of the first page reads, "The statement contained in this folder is in answer to a request addressed to Congressman John...
Workman, Mary J. (Mary Julia), 1871-1964--Correspondence; Corr, William E.--Correspondence; Labory, Mattie J.--Correspondence; Brownson House (Los Angeles, Calif.);
A handwritten copies of three letters written by Mattie J. Labory to Fr. Corr, the first two letters written on Brownson House stationery. The first letter, written by Mary J. Workman and dated July 31, 1919 requests an appointment to meet with...
Graduation ceremonies; College graduates; Columns; Jesuits; Priests
A black-and-white photograph of the 1926 Loyola College Commencement, held at the Ambassador Hotel. The ceremony takes place surrounded by tall, elaborately decorated columns topped with flags and lighted letters spelling out "LOYOLA", and with...
Workman, Mary Julia, 1871-1964; Brownson House (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Photo album created by Mary Julia Workman with 24 black and white photographs. Photographs are of children possibly from Brownson House or Mary Julia Workman's public school class.
Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Bombings; Dynamite; Legislation--California; Stocks; Water-supply--California--Owens Valley; Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.); Actions and defenses; Mulholland, William, 1855-1935; Eaton, Fred S., 1855-1934; Advertising;...
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...
Inyo County Bank; Banks and banking; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Bombings; Dynamite; Saint Francis Dam (Calif.); Floods--California--Santa Clara River; Dam failures--California--Los Angeles County; Water-supply--California--Owens Valley; Actions...
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...
Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Water-supply--California--Owens Valley; Irrigation--California; Real property--Purchasing--United States; Agriculture--California--Owens Valley; Richardson, Friend W., 1865-1943; Water rights--California--Owens...
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...
