Population; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Water-supply--California--Los Angeles; Electric power systems; Los Angeles River (Calif.); Owens River (Calif.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Water and Power; Water...
Electric railroads--California--Los Angeles County; Mountains--California--Los Angeles County; Observatories--California--Los Angeles County; Searchlights--California--Los Angeles County;
A view of the power station on Echo Mountain, Los Angeles County. A man is standing on the front porch of the powerhouse. The cables are seen in the lower right portion of the image. On the top of the building a man is seen reaching up to the...
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 Water Association; Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Water and Power; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
Big Pine Water Association (BPWA) was incorporated in 1915, and its bylaws were adopted in 1916. Capital stock of the corporation was $4,000 dollars, divided into 4000 shares at one dollar per share.
Reparations; Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce; McGary, D. F.; Big Pine Reparations Association; Del Valle, Reginaldo F. (Reginaldo Francisco), 1854-1938; Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Water and Power; Water rights--California--Owens Valley;...
After a reparations bill of California was passed in April 1925, the Big Pine Property Owners Association (BPPOA) formed the Big Pine Reparations Association (BPRA) on July 29, 1925 to establish reparations claims against the City of Los Angeles...
Reparations; Claims; Legislation--California; Land use; 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; Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce; McGary, D. F.; Big Pine Reparations Association; Del Valle, Reginaldo F. (Reginaldo Francisco), 1854-1938; Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Water and Power; Water rights--California--Owens Valley;...
After a reparations bill of California was passed in April 1925, the Big Pine Property Owners Association (BPPOA) formed the Big Pine Reparations Association (BPRA) on July 29, 1925 to establish reparations claims against the City of Los Angeles...
Real property--Purchasing--United States; Escrows; Bank of America; Staudinger, Friederike; Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Water and Power; 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...
Real property--Purchasing--United States; Bank of America; Staudinger, Friederike; Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Water and Power; 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...
Real property--Purchasing--United States; Bank of America; Staudinger, Friederike; Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Water and Power; 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...
Real property auctions; Real property--Purchasing--United States; Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Water and Power; 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...
Real property auctions; Real property--Purchasing--United States; Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Water and Power; 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; Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce; McGary, D. F.; Big Pine Reparations Association; Del Valle, Reginaldo F. (Reginaldo Francisco), 1854-1938; Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Water and Power; Water rights--California--Owens Valley;...
After a reparations bill of California was passed in April 1925, the Big Pine Property Owners Association (BPPOA) formed the Big Pine Reparations Association (BPRA) on July 29, 1925 to establish reparations claims against the City of Los Angeles...
A view looking out over Mulholland Drive and Franklin Canyon in Los Angeles, California. The road is unpaved dirt and gravel, and winds sharply through the hills.
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; Mulholland, William, 1855-1935;
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,...
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; Mulholland, William, 1855-1935;
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.
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...
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...
Reparations; Big Pine Creek (Calif.); 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...
