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    • Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California

    • Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California

    • Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Canals--California--Owens Valley; Protest movements--California--Owens Valley; Automobiles--California--20th century;

    • Parked automobiles of Owens Valley residents (described as "ranchers") during their occupation of the Alabama Gates, of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. In right background is spillway of the Gates. Majority of persons occupying the Alabama...
    • Rangeland. Owens Valley, California

    • Rangeland. Owens Valley, California

    • Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Ranches--California--Owens Valley; Land use, Rural--California--History; Rangelands--California--Owens Valley; Ranches--California--Owens Valley; Barbed wire; Fences

    • Valley rangeland presumably unused for ranching or farming after coming under the ownership of the City of Los Angeles. Barbed wire fence marks off land. Telephone pole in right background. Mountains in background unidentified. They are either...
    • Rangeland. Owens Valley, California

    • Rangeland. Owens Valley, California

    • Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Ranches--California--Owens Valley; Land use, Rural--California--History; Rangelands--California--Owens Valley; Ranches--California--Owens Valley;

    • Rangeland presumably unused for ranching or farming after coming under ownership of the City of Los Angeles. In center background are ruins of building among clump of trees. Black mass on right is cactus. Mountains in background unidentified. They...
    • Bishop, California. Fairground

    • Bishop, California. Fairground

    • Automobiles; Fairs--California--Bishop; Buildings--Bishop--California;

    • Fairground at Bishop, California. Grandstands at right of photograph; judging tower at left. Automobiles, both parked and proceeding to fairground. Buildings in background. White Mountains are in the background. Title supplied by cataloger.
    • Bishop, California .  Motorcyclists Racing

    • Bishop, California . Motorcyclists Racing

    • Houses--California--Bishop; Dirt Roads--California--Owens Valley--20th century; Motorcycles--20th century; Motorcyclists--California--Owens Valley; Motorcycle Racing--California--Owens Valley;

    • Motorcyclists racing on a dirt road probably outside of Bishop, California, in the Owens Valley. The persons in the photograph are unknown. The mountains in the background are most likely the White Mountains. White frame houses in the left...
    • Canal Bringing Groundwater from Well to Los Angeles Aqueduct

    • Canal Bringing Groundwater from Well to Los Angeles Aqueduct

    • Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Land use, Rural--California--History; Wells--California--Owens Valley; Groundwater--California--Owens Valley; Canals--California--Owens Valley;...

    • 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...
    • Big Pine Canal. Los Angeles City Illegal Diversion Ditch

    • Big Pine Canal. Los Angeles City Illegal Diversion Ditch

    • Water rights--California--Big Pine; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Irrigation--California--Big Pine; Land use, Rural--California--History; Irrigation--Canals--California--Big Pine;

    • 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...
    • Los Angeles City Property. Osborne Farmhouse. Fish Springs, California

    • Los Angeles City Property. Osborne Farmhouse. Fish Springs, California

    • 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,...

    • 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:...
    • Big Pine Canal. Los Angeles City Illegal Diversion Ditch

    • Big Pine Canal. Los Angeles City Illegal Diversion Ditch

    • Water rights--California--Big Pine; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Irrigation--California--Big Pine; Land use, Rural--California--History; Irrigation--Canals--California--Big Pine;

    • 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...
    • The boat house and lagoon, Venice, Cal.

    • The boat house and lagoon, Venice, Cal.

    • Canals--California--Los Angeles; Gondolas--California--Los Angeles; Footbridges--California--Los Angeles; Boats and boating--California--Los Angeles; Boathouses--California--Los Angeles;

    • Tourists dressed in early 20th century style clothing ride in a gondola on the Grand Canal in Venice, California. The gondola is adorned with an American flag and a lantern. Small boats and canoes are on the same canal in the background. A...
    • Candelaria, Nevada. Railroad Station of Carson and Colorado Railroad

    • Candelaria, Nevada. Railroad Station of Carson and Colorado Railroad

    • Narrow gauge railroads; Railroad stations--Nevada--Candelaria; Silver mines and mining--Nevada--Candelaria;

    • Train of Carson and Colorado Railroad at railroad station in Candelaria, Nevada. Railroad station in background. Crew on locomotive. Inscription on front of photograph: "CANDELARIA DEPOT 1898. FRED BARNES CONDUCTOR. FRANK REGAN BRAKEMAN. ABE...
    • City of Los Angeles Well. Owens Valley, California

    • City of Los Angeles Well. Owens Valley, California

    • Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Land use, Rural--California--History; Wells--California--Owens Valley; Groundwater--California--Owens Valley; Canals--California--Owens Valley;...

    • Well probably owned and operated by City of Los Angeles, as indicated by wellhead similar to other city wellheads. Unidentified mountain range in background. Barbed wire fence around property. Title supplied by cataloger.
    • Paiute Women

    • Paiute Women

    • Northern Paiute Indians; Northern Paiute Indians--Children; Northern Paiute women; Cradleboards;

    • Three Paiute women with their children in cradleboards. The Anglo-American crowd in the background shows that this is a public event, perhaps the Paiute's annual dance festival, or else some kind of fair. Inscription at lower left of the postcard...
    • Los Angeles City Property. "Hart" Farmhouse. Owens Valley, California

    • Los Angeles City Property. "Hart" Farmhouse. Owens Valley, California

    • Houses--California--Big Pine; Abandoned houses--California--Big Pine; Abandoned buildings--California--Big Pine; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Land use, Rural--California--History; Farmhouses--California--Big Pine;

    • Former farmhouse of "Hart," owned by the City of Los Angeles. Unidentified mountains in background. Dilapidated fence with gate in front of farmhouse. Text on back of photograph in hand of J. D. Black: "Formerly Hart Home city...
    • Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California

    • Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California

    • Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Canals--California--Owens Valley; Protest movements--California--Owens Valley;

    • If I am not on the JOB, You can find me at the AQUEDUCT was the rallying cry for the people of Bishop, California, during their occupation of the Alabama Gates of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. The slogan was posted in Bishop to inform persons where the...
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