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Valley waters
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Image not available
Rare Books
"'The course of water - fieldnotes from California's Owen Valley' explores the environmental and social histories of California's Owens Valley by attending to the implications of its peculiar hydrology. A stolen river, a dry lake kept wet, Sierra snowmelt, turquoise springs: water takes strange paths in this desert landscape, rerouted by the lives of the people - Indigenous, settler, internee - who have called it home. At the turn of the twentieth century, a lack of water resources threatened to stall the growth of Los Angeles. The city began diverting water from the Owens River - over 200 miles away - culminating in the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913. This led to the eventual desiccation of Owens Lake and much of the surrounding valley"--From back cover.
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Manuscripts
Cemetery in a grove of cypress trees with hills in the distance.
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Manuscripts
Ruins of stone mosque yard including stone well and masonry walls.
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