- Title
- Big Pine, Sam Meredith farm, abandoned
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- Date
- 1939
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- Description
- Inscription by J. D. Black on the back of photograph: "Old Sam Meredith place."
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- Format Extent
- 1 black-and-white photograph; 9 x 14 cm
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- Subject
- Abandoned buildings--California--Big Pine; Abandoned farms--California--Big Pine; Land use; Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Photographs
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- Note
- Farm was probably purchased and abandoned by the City of Los Angeles. 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 deterioration of the Owens Valley.
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- Collection
- J. D. Black Papers, CSLA-15, Series 3. Photographs; Box No. 17; Folder No. 33
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- Type
- ["Photographs"]
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- Keywords
- ["Los Angeles Aqueduct","LA Aqueduct","Aqueduct"]
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