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Title: Occupation of the Alabama Gates, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Owens Valley, California
Creator: Detrick Studio (Bishop, Calif.)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1924
Contributing Institution: Loyola Marymount University, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library
Collection: J. D. Black Papers
Rights Information: Materials in the Department of Archives and Special Collections may be subject to copyright. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, Loyola Marymount University does not claim ownership of the copyright of any materials in its collections. Please refer to: https://library.lmu.edu/archivesandspecialcollections/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Description: Band of musicians in front of Alabama Gates of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Children surround musicians. Western star Tom Mix, shooting a movie in the nearby Alabama Hills, supposedly sent a band to the Gates in support of the occupiers. Photographer's inscription at right: "Band--Its Army of Occupation L. A. Aqueduct Nov. 10 (sic), 20 1924." Title supplied by cataloger.
Type: image
Identifier: 7717902f-47e7-440f-8c8d-025fe5b2bf69
https://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/documents/detail/9311
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Language: English
Subject: Water rights--California--Owens Valley
Water rights--California--Los Angeles
Canals--California--Owens Valley
Protest movements--California--Owens Valley
Source: Center for the Study of Los Angeles Research Collection, Loyola Marymount University
Relation: J. D. Black Papers, CSLA-15, Series 3: Photographs, Subseries A: Photographic Postcards, Box 16, Sleeve 10

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