Delivery of Goods--Nevada--Candelaria; Houses--Nevada--Candelaria; Ghost towns--Nevada--Candelaria; Horse-drawn vehicles; Carts and Wagons;
Horse-drawn carriage of delivery service of Swain and Ingalls, with Otis Ingalls on wagon and W. A. Ingalls by side. Name of horse "Old Charley." House in background. Title supplied by cataloger.
Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Land use, Rural--California--History; Canals--California--Owens Valley;
Canal part of the Los Angeles Aqueduct system in the Owens Valley operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to bring valley water to Los Angeles. The snow-capped mountains in the right background are most likely the Sierra Nevada,...
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...
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. ...
Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Canals--California--Owens Valley; Protest movements--California--Owens Valley;
Owens Valley residents eating at 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 meals that wives of the occupiers served. The low...
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:...
Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Canals--California--Owens Valley; Protest movements--California--Owens Valley;
Group of ranchers holding the Alabama Gates of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Photographer's inscription in lower middle of photograph: "Bishop Ranchers in Possession of LA Water Supply Nov. 16-20, 1924." Title supplied by cataloger.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
Houses--California--Big Pine; Abandoned houses--California--Big Pine; Abandoned buildings--California--Big Pine; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Land use, Rural--California--History;
Former farmhouse of Jim Lane, owned by the City of Los Angeles. Unidentified mountains in background. Text on back of photograph in hand of J. D. Black: "Formerly Jim Lane's Home city purchase 1924." Title supplied by cataloger.
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...
Houses--California--Big Pine; Abandoned houses--California--Big Pine; Abandoned buildings--California--Big Pine; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Orchards--California--Big Pine; Land use, Rural--California--History; Ranch...
Former McMurry ranch house, owned by the City of Los Angeles. Ranch house in grove of trees. Outhouse in right background. Text on back of photograph in hand of J. D. Black: "Abandoned McMurry Ranch City Purchase 1924." Title supplied by...
Houses--California--Big Pine; Abandoned houses--California--Big Pine; Abandoned buildings--California--Big Pine; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Land use, Rural--California--History;...
Former farmhouse of Lizzie Davis, nee Ostrander, owned by the City of Los Angeles. Fenceposts in foreground. Unidentified mountains in background. Text on back of photograph in hand of J. D. Black: "City owned within lighting district Big Pine...
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:...
