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    • Carson City, Nevada. Railroad Station

    • Carson City, Nevada. Railroad Station

    • Railroad stations--Nevada--Carson City; Silver mines and mining--Nevada;

    • Railroad station at Carson City Nevada. Railroad personnel, most likely those of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company, along walls of station. Carriages waiting at station for passengers. The two-wheeled carriage in the center is from the Park...
    • Salt Lake City, Utah. Group Portrait

    • Salt Lake City, Utah. Group Portrait

    • Photography studios--Utah--Salt Lake City;

    • 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...
    • St. Vincent's College, study hall

    • St. Vincent's College, study hall

    • School buildings--19th century; Universities and colleges--19th century; Auditoriums--19th century; Schools--Furniture, equipment, etc.; College campuses--California--Los Angeles

    • Several rows of empty wooden desks in a large, colonnaded room. The border around the photograph features an ornate torch motif with the St. Vincent's crest on either side of image. Inscription reads "Study Hall."
    • Owens Valley, California

    • Owens Valley, California
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    • 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.
    • Center Schoolhouse. Owens Valley, California

    • Center Schoolhouse. Owens Valley, California

    • School Buildings--California--Owens Valley; Outhouses;

    • Abandoned Center Schoolhouse in Owens Valley. Overturned outhouse at left. Inscription in ink on back of photograph by J. D. Black: "Abandoned Center School House (note wood-pecked holes on side walls." 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...
    • Nevada Riding Party

    • Nevada Riding Party

    • Horsemen and horsewomen--Nevada; Outdoor recreation--Nevada; Horses; Horseback Riding

    • Riding party framed against sunset in Nevada hills. Inscription on front of photograph" "OVER THE HILLS OF NEVADA." Title supplied by cataloger.
    • Bodie, California. Main Street

    • Bodie, California. Main Street

    • Gold mines and mining--California--Bodie; Streets--California--Bodie; Ghost towns--California--Bodie;

    • 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.
    • John McAlpin

    • John McAlpin

    • Gold miners--California--Bodie; Photography studios--California;

    • Portrait of John McAlpin, possible resident of Bodie, California. Inscription on accompanying grocer's ticket in handwriting of J. D. Black: "John McAlpin Bodie FATHERS (sic) PARTNER Bodie." Title supplied by cataloger.
    • Perry Orchard. Owens Valley, California

    • Perry Orchard. Owens Valley, California

    • Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Orchards--Owens Valley (Calif.); Land use, Rural--California--History;

    • Dead trees, some fallen, in orchard formerly owned by "Perry," but probably acquired by the City of Los Angeles in the mid 1920s. Unidentified snow-capped mountains in the background. Inscription on back of photograph by J. D. Black:...
    • 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; Eating and drinking;

    • Owens Valley residents, including men and women, eating during their occupation of the Alabama Gates, of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. This photograph may record either the barbecue held the final day of the occupation (20 November 1924) or else the...
    • 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;

    • Owens Valley residents, including men and women, during their occupation of the Alabama Gates, of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Photographer's inscription on lower right of photograph: "Army of Occupation L. A. Aqueduct." In lower left corner...
    • 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;

    • Owens Valley residents' occupation of the Alabama Gates, of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Occupiers gathered between bridge over aqueduct and shack. Flag flying over shack. Aqueduct still has water, indicating that this photograph was taken during an...
    • 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;

    • Bishop, California ranchers releasing water from the Alabama Gates of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. This photograph may have been taken during the initial stages of the occupation since the water is flowing strongly. Photographer's inscription at...
    • 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;

    • Owens Valley residents, including men and women, during their occupation of the Alabama Gates, of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Aqueduct in foreground. Bridge over aqueduct. Telephone poles visible. Photographer's inscription on front of photograph:...
    • 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;

    • Owens Valley residents, including men and women, during their occupation of the Alabama Gates, of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Bridge over canal. Shack by bridge. Photographer's inscription in lower left corner: "Army of Occupation L. A....
    • 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;

    • 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. ...
    • 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...
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