- Title
- Owens Valley well behind barbed wire
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- Date
- 1930
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- Description
- View of wellhead amidst vegetation fenced behind barbed wire.
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- Format Extent
- 1 black-and-white photograph; 7 x 12 cm
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- Subject
- Wellheads; Plants; Barbed wire; Fences; Wells--California--Owens Valley; Irrigation--California; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Photographs
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- Note
- Well probably owned and operated by City of Los Angeles, pumping groundwater into ditches that bring water to the Los Angeles Aqueduct. 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. In 1913, the Los Angeles Aqueduct was completed 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.
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- Collection
- J. D. Black Papers, CSLA-15, Series 3. Photographs; Box No. 17; Folder No. 8
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- Type
- ["Photographs"]
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- Keywords
- ["Los Angeles Aqueduct","LA Aqueduct","Aqueduct"]
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