Loyola Marymount University Digital Collections

The Justinian Code, 1512
Roman law; Printing--France--History--16th century; Early printed books--Specimens; Printing--Specimens
Leaf has rubrics, headlines, initials, and signatures.
Loyola Marymount University Historical Manuscripts Collection

Telegram from J. D. Black to James Rolph Jr.
Rolph, James, 1869-1934; Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960; Big Pine Water Association; Stockholders; 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...
J. D. Black Papers

Strange as it seems
College football players; Thermometers; Japan--Funeral customs and rites;
A newspaper or magazine clipping of a segment entitled "Strange as it Seems" by Elsie Hix. The text of this segment reads, "Tsuchi-Mikado, of Japan, remained unburied for 40 days after his death because there was no money for a funeral! A...
Loyola Marymount University Historical Photograph Collection

Stephanus Latin Bible, 1555
Bible--History; Printing--Switzerland--Geneva--History--16th century; Early printed books--Specimens; Printing--Specimens
Leaf has headlines and signatures.
Loyola Marymount University Historical Manuscripts Collection

San Joaquin River, South fork
San Joaquin River (Calif.); Mountains--California; Rivers--California; Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960; 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...
J. D. Black Papers

Salt Lake City, Utah. Group Portrait
Stains, W. C.; Ober, Edwin H. ; Cuddigan, Pat; Jones, John I.; Fox & Symons (Firm);
Group portrait taken at Salt Lake City, Utah.Top row: John I. Jones, left; E.H. Ober, right. Bottom row: Pat Cuddigan, left; W. C. Stains (sic), right. Inscribed on the front of the photograph is the date 1896. On the back of the cabinet card in...
America's West

Rhyolite, Nevada. Bottle House
Bottle House (Rhyolite, Nev.);
A black-and-white photograph of a house built of 50,000 bottles in Rhyolite, Nevada, by Tom Kelly in 1906. Sign in front of house with title "The Bottle House." Posted by Paramount Pictures to record its restoration of the house in 1925 for use in...
America's West

Plat of water location made by Jacob Defly as per notice of location recorded in County Recorder's Office, County of Los Angeles, October 1888
San Gabriel River (Calif.); Mining; Surveying--California--Los Angeles County--19th century; Surveying--California--History; California--Maps
William F. McClure was a civil engineer, land developer, and state engineer from 1912 to his death in 1926.
Hurley-Wright Surveyors Map Collection

Plat of the claim of Jacob Defly upon the Violet Quartz Mine, San Gabriel Mining District, Los Angeles County, California, February 1888
San Gabriel River (Calif.); Mining; Surveying--California--Los Angeles County--19th century; Surveying--California--History; California--Maps
William F. McClure was a civil engineer, land developer, and state engineer from 1912 to his death in 1926.
Hurley-Wright Surveyors Map Collection

Petrarch, Sonnets and Canzoni, 1559
Italian poetry--14th century; Literature, Medieval; Sonnets, Italian; Italian Literature; Printing--Italy--History--16th century; Early printed books--Specimens; Printing--Specimens
Leaf has headlines and signatures.
Loyola Marymount University Historical Manuscripts Collection

Palisade Glacier. Pedestal Rock
Rock, labelled "Pedestal Rock," on top of ice formation, Palisades Glacier, eastern Sierra Nevada. Caption on bottom of photograph: "Pedestal Rock Palisade Glacier." Title supplied by cataloger.
America's West

Palisade Glacier
Rock on top of ice formation, Palisades Glacier, of the eastern Sierra Nevada. Caption at lower right of photograph: "Near Glacier Lodge Palisade Glacier Big Pine Creek." Title supplied by cataloger.
America's West

Paiute Women
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...
America's West

Owens Valley, California. Winter
View of snow-clad Owens Valley, from either Big Pine, California or else Bishop, California. Unidentified range of mountains in background. Phrase "LA" and image of Los Angeles Coliseum part of frame around photograph. Title supplied by cataloger.
America's West

Owens Valley, California, Central Area
This photograph was taken looking to the west. The mountains in the background are the Sierra Nevada. Big Pine, California, home of J. D. Black, is to the upper right of the photograph. The Los Angeles Aqueduct intake, noted in pen in lower left,...
America's West

Owens Valley, California
View of floor of Owens Valley looking west to town of Big Pine and the Sierra Nevada. Inscription on front of photograph: "Looking Across Valley at Big Pine. H. W. M. 1007." Title supplied by cataloger.
America's West

Ocean Front at beginning of fire, Sept. 3, 1912, Ocean Park, Cal.
Fires--California--Santa Monica; Pedestrian areas--California--Santa Monica;
View of Ocean Front Walk during the fire of September 3, 1912; some pedestrians watch the fire while others leave the area.
Changing Face of Southern California

Notice of appeal from J. D. Black
Land use; Legislation--United States; Big Pine Creek (Calif.); Real property--Purchasing--United States; Stockholders; Big Pine Water Association; Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960; 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...
J. D. Black Papers

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