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Title
Big Pine, ditch and black headgate: street view
Date
1939
Description
View of ditch and cement pipe near the sidewalk on Big Pine street. A shovel, a dolly, cars, trees, buildings, and people are seen in the image. Inscription by J. D. Black on the back of photograph: "Where cement pipe joins at black headgate."
Format Extent
1 black-and-white photograph; 7 x 12 cm
Subject
Ditches; Water-pipes; Sidewalks; Storefronts; Shovels; Dollies (Moving equipment); Automobiles; Streets; Buildings--California--Big Pine; Irrigation--California; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Photographs
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. During the 1920s, the City of Los Angeles began additional large-scale purchases of land in the Owens Valley to increase its supply of water from the valley, resulting in the city's almost complete control of the valley's agricultural land. This led to a decline in the valley's agricultural infrastructure and economy. A resident of Big Pine and leader of resistance against Los Angeles, J. D. Black (1893-1960) used such photographs as these to document the changes in the Owens Valley.
Collection
J. D. Black Papers, CSLA-15, Series 3. Photographs; Box No. 17; Folder No. 8
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