Image / Jess Hession and lawyers around a desk, Inyo County, 1924-1927

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Title: Jess Hession and lawyers around a desk, Inyo County, 1924-1927
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1924-1927]
1924/1927
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: District attorney of Inyo County Jess Hession seated at a desk with two other lawyers standing behind him. There are open books and documents on the disk. Behind them is a bookcase. This image is related to dynamiting activity in the Owens valley, 1924 to 1927. Water, needed by farmers, was being diverted from the Owens Valley to Los Angeles. In response, Owens Valley locals dynamited sections of the aqueduct.
Text from negative sleeve: California, Owens Valley. Dynamiting case.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3696_G765
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Public prosecutors--California--Inyo County
Lawyers--California--Inyo County
Hession, Jess, 1886-1950
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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