Portrait of Frederick Eaton sitting on a chair. Eaton was Mayor of Los Angeles from 1898-1900. During Eaton's administration, Congress approved San Pedro Harbor. The city had a population of 100,000 with 200 automobiles. Eaton and William Mulholland conceived the idea of the Owens River Aqueduct.
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