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Title
Artesian well
Date Created and/or Issued
1894
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
South Bay Digital Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Black and white photograph of an artesian well with an overflowing pipe on a property owned by F.E. Barron.
Caption on front of photograph reads: Artisan well on the F. E. Barron place. It flowed 30 inches over a 7 inch pipe. About 1894. Caption on back of photograph reads: The story of this well goes or is in the story of the trunk as [Edioiu] Barrow was one of the family who crossed the plains in the covered wagon. Signed Era Rice.
This collection consists of color and black and white photographs, negatives, postcard-backed photos, and tin-types. Subjects of the photographs include people, businesses, churches, houses, schools, farming, transportation, and natural disasters. Communities covered in this collection include Compton, Torrance, Carson, Dominguez, Redondo Beach, Lynwood, Lakewood, San Pedro, Wilmington, Los Angeles, Terminal Island, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
1 photograph; 3 x 3 in.
Identifier
sbp_38
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/southbay/id/85
Language
English
Subject
Wells
Buildings
Water
Place
Compton, California
Source
South Bay Photograph Collection
Relation
South Bay Digital Collection
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6z09q78j/

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