Loyola Marymount University Digital Collections

Agreement of March 29, 1920
United States. Bureau of Reclamation; Bien, Morris; Robertson, Howard; Vroman, James P.; Burnell, Charles S.; Eberhard, Ray C.; 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

Big Pine Citizen, April 23, 1927
Water-supply--California--Management; 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...
Big Pine Citizen Newspaper Collection

Mother Jean Baptiste, Mother Inez, and another woman feeding a seal
Nuns; Seals (Animals); Aquariums
On the left is Mother Jean Baptiste with Mother Inez and another woman at Marineland Aquarium in Palos Verdes.
Loyola Marymount University Historical Photograph Collection

Student filming in session
Motion pictures--Production and direction
On back: "LMU School of Film and Television students focus on humanistic storytelling to shape the way we see the world."
Loyola Marymount University Historical Photograph Collection

Mother Stanislaus and John Prescott looking at an octopus
Universities and colleges--Faculty; Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary; Nuns; Octopuses; Aquariums
Mother Stanislaus, R.S.H.M. is shown a 15-pound octopus by Marineland Aquarium's Curator of Fishes John Prescott.
Loyola Marymount University Historical Photograph Collection

Plantin Hebrew Bible, 1584
Bible--History; Printing--Belgium--Antwerp--History--16th century; Early printed books--Specimens; Printing--Specimens
Leaf has headlines and signatures.
Loyola Marymount University Historical Manuscripts Collection

Landscapes, Bishop, California
Mammoth Mountain (Calif.); California--Maps; Mountains--California; Streams--California; Meadows--California; Pines; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
Four photographic scenes of Bishop natural landscape with an illustrated map of Bishop in the center.
Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection

Mono County 1928 real estate and personal property tax list
Taxation--Lists; Auditors; 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...
J. D. Black Papers

Yamato Inc. 635-637 So. Broadway, Los Angeles.
Department stores--California--Los Angeles; Stores, retail--California--Los Angeles;
Exterior view of the Yamato Inc. store in Downtown Los Angeles, showing furniture in the windows of the uppermost floor, vases in the second floor windows, and assorted goods on the ground floor.
Changing Face of Southern California

City Hall, Los Angeles
City halls--California--Los Angeles; Public buildings--California--Los Angeles
City Hall building; automobiles parked on street; orange and white bus; trees and shrubbery; cartoon drawing of a man and woman on top of tower with dialogue bubble reading:"I can see our home town from here!"; front text reads:"Hi folks, here we...
Changing Face of Southern California

Mother Stanislaus and John Prescott looking at an octopus
Universities and colleges--Faculty; Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary; Nuns; Octopuses; Aquariums
Caption on back: "John Prescott, curator of fishes at Marineland of the Pacific, shows a young octopus to Sister M. Stanislaus, head of the biology department of Marymount College."
Loyola Marymount University Historical Photograph Collection

Telegram to Mark Q. Watterson
Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Resolutions; Watterson, Mark Q.; Big Pine Property Owners Association; Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960; Los Angeles Times (Firm)
Big Pine Property Owners Association (BPPOA) was established in December 1924 to represent the property interests of Big Pine residents. After a reparations bill of California was passed in April 1925, the BPPOA formed the Big Pine Reparations...
J. D. Black Papers

A Happy Family at the California Alligator Farm, Los Angeles, Cal.
Alligator farming--California--Los Angeles; Alligators
A young man poses next to an alligator lying in the grass near a pond, with many more alligators lying or swimming along the shore.
Changing Face of Southern California

Scene in the California Alligator Farm, Los Angeles, California
Alligator farming--California--Los Angeles; Alligators; Tourists;
A uniformed handler holds the lower jaw of a large alligator. The alligator's mouth is open and the animal's sharp teeth are visible. A pond bordered by flowers and bushes is on the left side of the image. Spectators dressed in early 20th century...
Changing Face of Southern California

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