Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Panoramic view of the Cascades of the Los Angeles Aqueduct and the surrounding foothills and land in present-day Sylmar, California, in the San Fernando Valley. Crowds of people and parked automobiles are in the area, and people are lining the concrete wall where the water is seen flowing down the mountain.
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Mr. and Mrs. La Violette in an automobile in front of the City of Los Angeles Sylmar Substation near Saugus using water from the Owens River Aqueduct.
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Manuscripts
approx. 20 items: collection of material on above topic including some major articles. Among the significant articles with sources and dates: Sunset, 12/1909, "Water for Millions--building the great aqueduct...to supply Los Angeles" ; personal account of Jack Heyser, 1939, "Los Angeles City Fathers go water hunting...the birth of the Owens River Aqueduct" ; American Heritage, 12/1961, "The Water War" ; Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, 3/1963, "Myth-making in the Los Angeles Area" ; California Historical Quarterly, "The politics of California water-- Owens Valley and the Los Angeles Aqueduct, 1900-1927" ; California History, 9/1986, "Picnic at Alabama Gates...the Owens Valley Rebellion, 1904-1927" ; Historical Society of Southern California, Fall 1988, "The Los Angeles Aqueduct -- 1913 -1988, A 75th Anniversary Tribute."
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Crowds gathered at the foot of and along the sides of the runway of the Los Angeles Aqueduct near Newhall, California. there is a concession stand in the lower left corner.
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Manuscripts
Band members playing instruments at an opening ceremony for the New Chinatown in Los Angeles. In the background are onlookers.
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Visual Materials
Automobile trip taken by J. G. Oliver and W. H. Frick from Los Angeles to the Owens Valley. The 260-mile trip follows the route of the aqueduct and depicts the landscape of Owens Valley, Owens Lake, and the reservoirs, conduits, concrete canals, siphons, and power plants bringing water to Los Angeles. The trip ends at 1837 Canyon Drive with a photograph of a woman watering her lawn. The 1915 Los Angeles City Directory, lists 1837 Canyon Drive as the residence of Julius G. Oliver. His friend, William H. Frick, a salesman at the Cass-Smurr-Damerell Company, lived nearby at 4534 Kingswell. 1837 Canyon was demolished.
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