Title	Owens Valley water well
Creator	Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960
Date Range	circa 1930-1939
Description	View of a gateway near a wellhead and ditch.
Note	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. Wells such as this operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power were a major grievance for Owens Valley ranchers and farmers. A resident of Big Pine and leader of resistance against Los Angeles, J. D. Black (1893-1960) used photographs like these to document the water management practices of the City of Los Angeles in the Owens Valley.
Physical Description	1 black-and-white photograph; 7 x 12 cm
Genre	Photographs
Subject	Wellheads; Wells--California--Owens Valley; Water-supply--California--Management; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles
Geographic Location	Owens Valley (Calif.)
Repository	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Collection Title	J. D. Black Papers
Collection Number	CSLA-15
Container Information	Series 3. Photographs; Box No. 17; Folder No. 7
Identifier	sc_jdbp007190001
Copyright	http://library.lmu.edu/collections/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Sponsor	Support provided by the Metabolic Studio.
Type	Image
Format	image/tiff