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Bishop, California. Black's Cash Store

 
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Title
Bishop, California. Black's Cash Store
Creator
Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960
Description
Black's Cash Store at the corner of West Line Street and Main Street (Black's Corner") in Bishop, California; view from Main Street. Unidentified man, seated on of running board of car, with doe. Other Bishop residents looking on. Inscription on bottom of photograph, at left: "Black's Corner." Possibly a reproduction of an original. Title supplied by cataloger.
Format Extent
1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm
Subject
Commercial buildings--California--Bishop; General stores--California--Bishop; Automobiles--California--Bishop; Streets--California--Bishop; Deer
Note
J. D. Black (1893-1960) owned "Black's Cash Store," begun in 1923. Located in the northern end of the one hundred mile long Owens Valley, and is named after Samuel A. Bishop, one of the first Anglo-American settlers there (1861). Originally known as Bishop Creek for the creek on which the original settlement grew, the Bishop Creek area provided beef and mutton for such mining towns as Aurora, Nevada, and Bodie, California. By 1864, Bishop Creek had a stage line; by 1883 the Carson and Colorado Railroad serviced the area. In 1889, Bishop Creek became Bishop, which incorporated in 1903. The purchase of farm and ranch land for the Los Angeles Aqueduct by the City of Los Angeles in the 1920s disrupted the local agrarian economy. Although agriculture persisted, Bishop's economy depended on tourism by the 1930s, which remainsl the economic mainstay of the town. In 2000, Bishop had a population of 3,575 people.
Collection
J. D. Black Papers, CSLA-15, Series 3: Photographs, Box 3, Sleeve 2
Type
Language
eng
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