Identifier	ov045
Title	Trout Fishing Party in the Owens Valley
Creator	Unknown;
Date Created	circa 1900
Description	Two unidentified women fishing in stream; both hold catches of trout. Unidentified man in background fishing. Trees across the stream. Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Background	Unidentified fishing party in the Owen Valley. Anglo-American settlers first introduced trout into the streams of Owens Valley, circa 1869-1876. Judge George Hall of Big Pine was especially instrumental in developing trout fishing in the Big Pine area. Around 1895, he began planting trout fry, including German Brown, Rainbows, and Golden, in the lakes of the Sierra Nevada surrounding Big Pine, where they thrived.
Type	image;
Physical Description	1 postcard : b&w ; 8 x 14 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 (Place)	Owens Valley (Calif.);
Subject (Topic)	Outdoor life--California--Owens Valley; Outdoor recreation--California--Owens Valley; Trout Fishing--California--Owens Valley;
Form/Genre	Photographs; Postcards;
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/
Item/Call Number	J. D. Black Papers, CSLA-15, Series 3: Photographs, Subseries A: Photographic Postcards, Box 5, Sleeve 38