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Title
Los Angeles Aqueduct Canal. Owens Valley, California
Creator
Black, J. D. (John David), 1893-1960
Date Created and/or Issued
1930
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
Canal part of the Los Angeles Aqueduct system in the Owens Valley operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to bring valley water to Los Angeles. The snow-capped mountains in the right background are most likely the Sierra Nevada, to the west of Big Pine. Title supplied by cataloger.
Type
image
Identifier
7db3ea39-290d-41b6-b3ac-d323c3681ce1
https://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/documents/detail/9283
https://images.quartexcollections.com/lmudigitalcollections/thumbnails/preview/7db3ea39-290d-41b6-b3ac-d323c3681ce1
Language
English
Subject
Water rights--California--Owens Valley
Water rights--California--Los Angeles
Land use, Rural--California--History
Canals--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 B: Abandoned Properties, Owens Valley, Box 17, Sleeve 8

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