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Title: Men, medicine & water: the building of the Los Angeles aqueduct, 1908-1913: a physician's recollections
Creator: Taylor, Raymond G. (Raymond Griswold), 1872-1958
Contributor: Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Water and Power
Nunis, Doyce B., Jr
Date Created and/or Issued: 1982
Publication Information: Friends of the LACMA Library, Los Angeles, California
Honnold/Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: California Water Documents
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Rights Holder and Contact: Claremont Colleges Library, Special Collections
Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Los Angeles County Medical Association. Los Angeles County Medical Association has given Claremont Colleges Library Special Collections permission to provide access to the digitized work online. For more information on copyright or permissions for this item, please contact Los Angeles County Medical Association Executive Office at http://www.lacmanet.org/About/StaffContact.aspx
Description: Book consists of the journal entries of a Dr. Raymond G. Taylor, a physician who practiced along the Los Angeles Aqueduct during the aqueduct's construction. He relates personal experiences along the aqueduct and encounters with Owens Valley residents and Los Angeles citizens. Book also contains a section with photographs that trace Dr. Taylor's journey up the aqueduct.
Type: text
Format: application/pdf
Identifier: cwd00216
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cwd/id/3062
Language: English
Subject: Aqueducts
Aqueducts--California
Diaries
Landscape photography
Los Angeles (Calif.). Dept. of Water and Power
Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.)
Maps
Physicians
Portraits
Portraits, Group
Taylor, Raymond G. (Raymond Griswold), 1872-1958
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Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Owens Valley (Calif.)
Source: Monograph, 209 scanned pages: Men, medicine & water: the building of the Los Angeles aqueduct, 1908-1913: a physician's recollections, TD 229 L7 T39X, Water Resources Collection, Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
Relation: Water Resources Collection
California Water Documents - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cwd

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