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Title
Cacti at Iverson Movie Ranch
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1948
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes; Title supplied by cataloger.
The Iverson Movie Ranch was originally a 500 acre homesteading property established by Augusta Wagman (later married to John Iverson) in 1884. Local film studios started using the location as early as 1912, particularly for westerns. Later generations of the family divided the property into the Upper Iverson Ranch (Aaron Iverson) and Lower Iverson Ranch (Joseph Iverson), a division that was further emphasized by the construction of the Simi Valley Freeway (118) through the property in 1967. It was during this period that part of the ranch (known as the Spahn Ranch) was occupied by Charles Manson and was the base for his followers known as The Family. In 1982, Joe Iverson sold what remained of the Lower Iverson to Robert G. Sherman who almost immediately began subdividing the property. The former Lower Iverson now contains a mobile home park, the Rocky Peak Church and a large condominium development. The Upper Iverson is also no longer open to the public as it is now a gated community consisting of high-end estates along with additional condos and an apartment building. Part of the ranch has been preserved as parkland on both sides of Redmesa Road, north of Santa Susana Pass Road in Chatsworth. This section includes the famous "Garden of the Gods" on the west side of Redmesa, in which many rock formations seen in countless old movies and TV shows are accessible to the public. Also preserved, unmarked, is an area on the east side of Redmesa that includes the popular Lone Ranger Rock, which appeared beside a rearing Silver, the Lone Ranger's horse, in the opening to each episode of the "Lone Ranger" TV show.
Photograph (no article available) dated July 10, 1948 shows cacti and yucca among the rocks on the Iverson Movie Ranch overlooking Chatsworth.; See images #00127187 through #00127193 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00127193
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d032_f25_i7
CARL0005437445
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/58673
Subject
Iverson Movie Ranch
Motion pictures--Setting and scenery--California--Los Angeles
Rocks--California--Los Angeles
Cactus--California--Los Angeles
Agaves--California--Los Angeles
Chatsworth (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Panoramic views
Landscape photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1941-1950

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