Identifier	ov098
Title	Owens Valley Residents
Creator	Unknown;
Date Created	circa 1900
Description	Group photograph of (top row, left to right) Bert Ober, "Miller" George Mitchell, (bottom row, left to right), Frank Epperly, Ramon Machado. Accompanying grocer's ticket in hand of J. D. Black records subjects of photograph. Crude painted studio backdrop of trellis and flowers. Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Background	Bert Ober was a friend of J. D. Black and may have been related to the Ober family of Big Pine, who lived there in the 1920s. George Mitchell may have the person of that name whom voter registration lists recorded as a farmer and laborer in Big Pine in the 1920s. Ramon Machado may have been Jose Ramon Machado who farmed in the Big Pine area in the 1920s. Ramon Machado was an acquaintance of John Black, father of J. D. Black. Biographical information on Frank Epperly and "Miller" is wanting.
Type	image;
Physical Description	1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 26 cm
Institution	Center for the Study of Los Angeles Research Collection, Loyola Marymount University
Collection Identifier	http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3w1022nb
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	Public Domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/dlp/copyright.htm
Language	eng;
Subject (Name)	Ober, Bert; Machado, Ramon; Epperly, Frank; Black, John; Mitchell, George;
Form/Genre	Cabinet photographs; Albumen prints;
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/
Item/Call Number	J. D. Black Papers, CSLA-15, Series 3: Photographs, Box 3, Sleeve 12