Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Related to Los Angeles Times article, May 23, 1924, Quick Grand Jury Action Pledged in Bomb Plot, Inyo Prosecutor Gets Evidence Pointing to Mojave Desert Ranchers, Owens Stockmen. Desert ranchers from Mojave and cattle owners and ranchers from the Owens Valley, moving in swift automobiles and with their faces covered, blew up the Los Angeles Aqueduct early Wednesday morning at the spillway three miles north of Lone Pine, according to evidence … Close-up of sign painted in section of aqueduct, reading Please dont throw trash in the AQUEDUCT. Wm. Mullholand [sic William Mulholland] Text from nitrate negative sleeve: [Typewritten:] Los Angeles Aqueduct [Handwritten:] bombing
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0154 0154 ark:/21198/zz002d9cdm
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No linguistic content
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Signs (Notices) Government Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.) Environment
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