Loyola Marymount University Digital Collections

Valuation and sale of Big Pine properties
Prices; Real property--Valuation; Real property--Purchasing--United States; 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...
J. D. Black Papers

Ussuri Railway luggage receipt
Documents; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Luggage; Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai; Railroads--China--Shanghai; Railroads--Russia
Document in German, Russian, French, and English, indicating luggage weights, fees, and the railway route from Cologne, Germany, to Shanghai, China.
Werner von Boltenstern Shanghai Photograph and Negative Collection

United States naturalization certificate granted to Jacob Heirschfeld, 1873
Naturalization records; Documents; Naturalization--United States; Citizenship--United States; Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai
Naturalization certificate granted in Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania to Jacob Heirschfeld, a native of Germany, to become a citizen of the United States in 1873.
Werner von Boltenstern Shanghai Photograph and Negative Collection

U. S. Army Civilian Employee Driver's Permit, Shanghai, China
Licenses; Automobile drivers; Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai; Documents
Authorized permit issued to vehicle operator S. Bial for the China Service Command, Jukong Motor Pool, on April 15, 1946.
Werner von Boltenstern Shanghai Photograph and Negative Collection

Statement of damages by E. R. Cornell
Reparations; Real property--Purchasing--United States; 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...
J. D. Black Papers

Statement by Johnathan W. McMurry
Big Pine Canal (Calif.); Canals; Aqueducts; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; McMurry, Johnathan W.
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...
J. D. Black Papers

Statement by Abe Ransom
Reparations; Ransom, Abe; Real property--Purchasing--United States; 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...
J. D. Black Papers

Senate Bill No. 757 summary
Reparations; Legislation--California; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
J. D. Black Papers

Sale price of Big Pine properties to City of Los Angeles
Prices; Real property--Valuation; Real property--Purchasing--United States; 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...
J. D. Black Papers

Resident certificate issued to Ernst Bienenfeld, Shanghai, China
Certificates; Documents; Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai; Housing--China--Shanghai
Document in Japanese and English with a portrait photo; official resident certificate for Ernst Bienenfeld, a 22-year-old textile designer who lived at 173 Chusan Road (Zhoushan Lu) in Hongkew (Hongkou) District during the Japanese occupation of...
Werner von Boltenstern Shanghai Photograph and Negative Collection

Reparations claim in New York
Reparations; Claims; Water-supply--New York (State)--New York; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
As secretary for the Big Pine Property Owners Association (BPPOA) and later for the Big Pine Reparations Association (BPRA), J. D. Black (1893-1960) was a leader in the fight of Big Pine for reparations from the City of Los Angeles during the Owens...
J. D. Black Papers

Relative values of Big Pine properties
Reparations; Real property--Valuation; Real property--Purchasing--United States; 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...
J. D. Black Papers

References: reparation law in New York
Reparations; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
J. D. Black Papers

Reduced property value in Owens Valley
Real property; Irrigation; San Fernando Valley (Calif.); Water-supply--California--Management; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Reclamation of land; 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...
J. D. Black Papers

Rangeland. Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
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...
America's West

Rangeland. Owens Valley, California
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;
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...
America's West

Rabbinical diploma for Chaskiel Majer Kohn
Diplomas; Documents; Rabbis; Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai
Polish document translated: Rabbinical Diploma. RABIN SZ, Flatau. Warsaw, Dzielna Street 58, tel. 17186. I hereby state that Mr. Chaskiel Majer Kohn, son of Wolf, born 18 September 1918 in Rypin, presently residing at Warsaw, Nowowiniarska Street...
Werner von Boltenstern Shanghai Photograph and Negative Collection

Proposed plan for permanent irrigation of 3,000 acres in Big Pine
Los Angeles (Calif.) Board of Public Service Commissioners; 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...
J. D. Black Papers

Professional license issued to Dr. Ludwig Steiner in the French Concession, Shanghai, China, 1939
Licenses; Physicians; Documents; Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai
French document; a license issued on August 9, 1939, from the Municipal Administration, Public Health and Aid of the French Concession to Dr. Ludwig Steiner to practice medicine in the French Concession of Shanghai.
Werner von Boltenstern Shanghai Photograph and Negative Collection

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