Community welfare councils--History--California--Los Angeles; Social history--California--Los Angeles;
A 6-page typewritten narrative on the history of the Welfare Planning Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles, later renamed the Welfare Planning Council, Los Angeles Region. The history begins with the first charity founded in Los Angeles in 1854 and...
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...
Portrait of Rose Black. Inscription on front of photograph: "MOTHER." Inscription on back of photograph: "Mr. John Black Big Pine California. Mrs. Black Bishop Cal." Based on the photographer and the similar border, this...
Narrow gauge railroads; Railroad stations--Nevada--Candelaria; Silver mines and mining--Nevada--Candelaria;
Train of Carson and Colorado Railroad at railroad station in Candelaria, Nevada. Railroad station in background. Crew on locomotive. Inscription on front of photograph: "CANDELARIA DEPOT 1898. FRED BARNES CONDUCTOR. FRANK REGAN BRAKEMAN. ABE...
Commercial buildings--California--Bishop; General stores--California--Bishop; Streets--California--Bishop; Sidewalks--Bishop--California--19th century;
Site of first business of John Black in Bishop, California. Figure to left of tree on right may be John Black. Inscription on accompanying grocer's ticket, most likely in hand of his son J. D. Black: "WHERE JOHN BLACK STARTED BUSINESS BLACK'S...
Commercial buildings--California--Bishop; General stores--California--Bishop; Automobiles--California--Bishop; Streets--California--Bishop; Deer;
Black's Cash Store at the corner of West Line Street and Main Street (Black's Corner") in Bishop, California; view from Main Street. Unidentified man, seated on of running board of car, with doe. Other Bishop residents looking on. Inscription...
Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Ranches--California--Owens Valley; Land use, Rural--California--History; Rangelands--California--Owens Valley; Ranches--California--Owens Valley; Barbed wire; Fences
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...
Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Ranches--California--Owens Valley; Land use, Rural--California--History; Rangelands--California--Owens Valley; Ranches--California--Owens Valley;
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...
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;...
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.
Gold miners--California--Bodie; Gold mines and mining--California--Bodie; Boring--California--Bodie; Ghost towns--California--Bodie;
Drilling contest at Bodie, California; John Black is recorded as the umpire. Participants with drills at bottom-right, around rock. Mine shaft and houses on opposite slope. A copy made in 1952 of original photograph. Title supplied by cataloger.
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...
Silver mines and mining--Nevada--Comstock Lode; Miners--Nevada--Comstock Lode; Mining Corporations--Nevada--Virginia City;
Group portrait of miners in employee of Consolidated Virginia Mining Company, Virginia City, Nevada. Inscription on front of photograph: "ConVirginia Mining Co. Virginia City, Nevada. 49." Title supplied by cataloger.
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...
The crown jewel of the Sierra Nevada, Mt. Whitney looms over the Owens Valley as the highest point in the contiguous United States at 14496 feet. The peak is only seventy-six miles from the lowest point in the contiguous United States, in Death...
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.
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...
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.
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....
