Genre: news photographs / Names: Hession, Jess, 1886-1950 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Bank crash case before court," Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 1927: A1.
Date:: [September 1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Portrait photo of Jess Hession, who was a district attorney for Inyo County. In his career, he prosecuted Owens Valley Farmers for occupying a part of the Los Angeles Aqueduct called the "Alabama Gates" that transported water from the Owens River.
Date:: [1920s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Bank crash case before court," Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 1927: A1.
Date:: [September 1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Photograph appears with the headline, "Tiniest State in Europe Suffers Heavily as Rhine River Rampages," Los Angeles Times, 01 Oct 1927: 8.
Date:: [circa 1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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.
Date:: [between 1924-1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: District attorney of Inyo County Jess Hession. He is seated at a desk, looking at a piece of paper with a pen in hand. 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.
Date:: [between 1924-1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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