- Title
- Big Pine, California. Abandoned Orchard
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- Creator
- Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960
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- Description
- Dead trees of orchard, under ownership of City of Los Angeles. Unidentified snow-capped mountains in background. Text on back of photograph written in hand of J. D. Black: "Dead Orchard Big Pine." Title supplied by cataloger.
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- Names
- Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
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- Format Extent
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 14 cm
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- Subject
- Water rights--California--Owens Valley; Water rights--California--Los Angeles; Orchards--Owens Valley (Calif.); Land use, Rural--California--History
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- Note
- To meet the need for water of its growing population, the City of Los Angeles began buying land and corresponding water rights in the Owens Valley in 1905, starting the famous Owens Valley Water Controversy. In 1913, the great Los Angeles Aqueduct was completed to bring Owens Valley water to the city. In the 1920s, the City of Los Angeles began additional large-scale purchases of land in the 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. 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 valley under Los Angeles rule.
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- Collection
- J. D. Black Papers, CSLA-15, Series 3: Photographs, Subseries B: Abandoned Properties, Owens Valley, Box 17, Sleeve 33
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- Type Value
- ["Photographs"]
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- Language
- eng
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