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Rangeland. Owens Valley, California
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Identifier
ov085
Title
Rangeland
.
Owens
Valley
,
California
Creator
Black
,
J
.
D
.
(John
David)
,
1893-1960
;
Date Created
1930
Description
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 are
either
the
Inyo
Mountains
or the
Sierra
Nevada
.
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Background
To
meet
the
need
for
water
of its
growing
population
, the
City
of
Los
Angeles
began
buying
land
and
corresponding
water
rights
in the
Owens
Valley
in
1905
. In
1913
, the
great
Los
Angeles
Aqueduct
was
completed
to
bring
Owens
Valley
water
to the
city
.
Los
Angeles
began
acquiring
additional
properties
in the
1920s
, of
which
this
section
of
rangeland
was
most
likely
one
. The
photograph
suggests
how the
Los
Angeles
Department
of
Water
and
Power
, the
agency
responsible
for the
city's
management
of its
Owens
Valley
properties
,
failed
to
maintain
lands
after
acquiring
them. The
fate
of
such
agricultural
properties
as this was
one
of the
primary
reasons
for the
anger
of
Owens
Valley
residents
towards
Los
Angeles
, as they
saw
the
agricultural
prosperity
of their
valley
decline
because
of
Los
Angeles'
ownership
of
land
. A
resident
of
Big
Pine
and
leader
of
resistance
against
Los
Angeles
,
J
.
D
.
Black
(1893-1960)
used
photographs
like
these to
document
the
deterioration
of the
valley's
agriculture
under
Los
Angeles
rule
.
Type
image
;
Physical Description
1
photograph
:
b&w
;
6
x
11
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)
Los
Angeles
Department
of
Water
and
Power
;
Subject (Place)
Sierra
Nevada
(Calif
. and
Nev.)
;
Inyo-White
Mountains
(Calif.)
;
Owens
River
(Calif.)--Water
rights
;
Subject (Topic)
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
;
Form/Genre
Photographs
;
Metacollection Identifier
http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/
Item/Call Number
J
.
D
.
Black
Papers
,
CSLA-15
,
Series
3
:
Photographs
,
Subseries
B
:
Abandoned
Properties
,
Owens
Valley
,
Box
17
,
Sleeve
29
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