Image of territory for the Los Angeles Aqueduct right of way near Sugar Loaf Mountain in Kern County, California, with features named and tunneling spots marked by hand. Features named are Sugar Loaf Mt., Jawbone Syphon, Twin Buttes, RX. Camp, S. Portal, and Water Canyon. Los Angeles Aqueduct right of way" and "1396"--text on image. "Places mkd. [i.e. marked] Ts are where tunneling was done"--text, handwritten in margin. "Typical view of mountainous country through which the Los Angeles Aqueduct is being built." and "Pub. by the Beham Co., Los Angeles, Cal."--text, printed on verso. Title transcribed from item; date devised by cataloger based on years of corresponding Jawbone Division tunnel work referenced in the annual reports of the Bureau of the Los Angeles Aqueduct to the Board of Public Works (1909-1911). With postcard message on verso: "Ruth, This will give you some idea of this county. The place marked Water Canyon is a sheer precipice 2000 feet down. Cinco where I am is where I marked the X. Tom," addressed to "Miss Ruth Graham, Gardena, Cal.
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1 photograph : print ; sheet 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)
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