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Identifier	ov160
Title	Lone Pine, California. Flier for Fourth of July Celebration
Creator	Unknown;
Date Created	circa 1920-1939
Description	Flier announcing Fourth of July festivities at Lone Pine, California, including, sport, food, and fireworks on Mount Whitney, whose peak is the highest point in North America. Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Background	Located at the southern end of the Owen Valley, Lone Pine, California was established in the 1860s and served as point to provide supplies to such neighboring mining camps as Cerro Gordo. In 1872, it suffered one of the greatest earthquakes in Californian history, estimated at 7.6 or greater on the Richter scale. During the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct (1908-1913), Lone Pine housed many of the aqueduct workers and the Southern Pacific Railroad extended its rail line to the town to supply the work of building the aqueduct. Contemporary Lone Pine hosts the "Lone Pine Film Festival", which commemorates the area's use as a locale in innumerable Western films.
Type	text;
Physical Description	1 p. ; 23 x 15 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/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Language	eng;
Subject (Place)	Lone Pine (Calif.); Whitney, Mount (Calif.);
Subject (Topic)	Fourth of July celebrations--California--Lone Pine; Community life--California--Lone Pine;
Form/Genre	Fliers (printed matter);
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/
Item/Call Number	J. D. Black Papers, CSLA-15, Series 3: Photographs, Box 15, Folder 9