View of the grand lagoon in Venice, California looking toward the south. Tourists ride in a gondola on the lagoon. Four empty rowboats appear on the right side of the image. The Race thru the Clouds roller coaster appears on the bank of the lagoon.
Transcript: "For his good sportsmanship competing in athletics against St. Vincent's College in days gone by--and uncompromising American ideals down through the years--we welcome and salute our former rival Dean B. Cromwell in the spirit of...
Trail by Duck Lake, of the Sierra Nevada. Deep snow surrounds trail. Horse on trail. Caption on front of photographic postcard: "277--On the Duck Lake Trail, July 5 Willard." Title supplied by cataloger.
Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Bombings; Water-supply--California--Management; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Newspapers--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...
Mulholland, William, 1855-1935; Owens Valley (Calif.)--Social conditions; Water-supply--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Advertising; Newspapers--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...
Business; Contracts for deeds; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Owens Valley
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...
Lawyers; Big Pine Reparations Association; Reparations; Inman, J. M.; Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960; Hession, Jess; 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...
Lawyers; Reparations; Actions and defenses; Hunt, George W. P. (George Wylie Paul), 1859-1934; Big Pine Water Association; Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960; Water rights--Arizona; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water...
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...
Big Pine Reparations Association; Reparations; Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960; Hunt, George W. P. (George Wylie Paul), 1859-1934; Water rights--Arizona; 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; Big Pine Reparations Association; Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960; 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; Legislation--California; Land use; Water-supply, Agricultural; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); 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...
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...
Mineral industries; Actions and defenses; Owens Valley (Calif.)--Social conditions; Advertising; Big Pine (Calif.)--History; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
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...
Water-supply--California--Management; Mineral industries; Owens Valley (Calif.)--Social conditions; Advertising; Big Pine (Calif.)--History; Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Water and Power; 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...
Parade of Company B, Emmet Guard, in dress uniform, down street of Virginia City Nevada. Onlookers on both sides of street, either on the street or looking from buildings. Inscription on front of photograph: "Co. B Emmitt (sic) Guard Virginia City,...
Clausen, J. C.; Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960; Big Pine Property Owners Association; Big Pine Water Association; Contracts; 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...
Fourth of July Parade most likely in Bishop, California, at the intersection of Main and Line Streets. Man on stilts in parade, at left. Spectators on roofs of buildings. Title supplied by cataloger.
Flier announcing Fourth of July festivities at Lone Pine, California, including, sport, food, and fireworks on Mount Whitney, whose peak is the highest point in North America. Title supplied by cataloger.
Exterior view of the La Grande Station on the Santa Fe Railroad line. A crowd of passengers waits outside the station, and a row of horse-drawn carriages waits by the side of the road. Power lines overhead.
Exterior view of the La Grande Station on the Santa Fe Railroad line, from the northeast. A small garden area with palm trees and other desert plants is visible, and climbing vines have grown up to cover parts of the building. Two carriages are...
