"Map corrected and revised 1936 by Division of Irrigation Investigation, University of California and California Unit, Land-Use Planning Section, Resettlement Administration."
"Map corrected and revised 1936 by Division of Irrigation Investigation, University of California and California Unit, Land-Use Planning Section, Resettlement Administration."
"Revised and redrawn 1920 in cooperation with California State Dept. of Engineering; College of Agriculture, University of California; California State Water Commission."
This collection consists of glass photonegatives, glass positive transparencies, and black & white photographic prints of the photographer C.C. Pierce (1861-1946). The subject matter primarily covers Los Angeles and the surrounding vicinity.
The Southern California Women for Understanding Collection contains the operational records of Southern California Women for Understanding (SCWU), one of the earliest lesbian non-profit educational organizations in Los Angeles, California.
Construction for the Colorado River Aqueduct began in 1933 and ended in 1935, overseen by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Water first flowed through the completed aqueduct in 1939.
Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt School with earthquake damage visible in the 2nd story of the projecting centerpiece, with the rubble in a heap on the ground in front of the arched double doorway.
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
At center, runaway John Sizemore, Jr. sleeps. He is viewed close-up as he lies, face-up, in a bed. To the left of him, another unidentified child sleeps.
At left, Major Eldo A. Peterman stands on the wing of an airplane. He stands with his back to camera and faces right. The Major also wears his flying uniform, including a parachute which hangs down his back. To the right of him, Captain George C. Sherwood sits in the cockpit of the same plane. He smiles as he looks towards Major Peterman. The plane is viewed close-up and from its side; it faces towards the left. Along the side of the plane, the number 4 is painted as is a silhouetted image of the California bear. The plane appears to sit within a hangar; the pilots' shadows cast onto a ceiling visible in the distance.
Possibly related to the dedication of the new church of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Calexico. Reported in "Catholics set for dedication," Los Angeles Times, 26 March 1939: B14.
Seated at a table on a lawn are, from left, Emily von Romberg (later Tremaine) with James Ross Clark II and his wife Barbara Clark (formerly actress Barbara Fritchie). Three men in white jackets beneath umbrellas are visible in the background.
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
Steam shovel digging path for San Diego-Yuma line of San Diego and Arizona Railroad line. Construction for the railway line was anticipated to be completed the afternoon of November 15, 1919. This photograph is similar to a photograph that appears with the article "GOLD SPIKE WILL MAKE RAIL DREAM TRUE.: John D. Spreckels to Drive it This Afternoon and Imperial's Steel Link with Tidewater Vision of Half a Century, will Become an Actuality; Road Cost Eighteen Million Dollars; Plan Week of Celebration. BUILDING OF SAN DIEGO AND ARIZONA RAILROAD TO BE FINISHED TODAY. COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW RAILROAD TODAY; Service on San Diego-Arizona Line to Start December 1, When Week of Celebration Commences," Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 1919: II1.
Viaduct on the San Diego and Arizona Railroad line crossing Campo Creek. This photograph is similar to another one what appears with the article "RUSH GREAT SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD TO COMPLETION.: San Diego and Arizona, with but Eleven Miles More to Build, will have Trains Running on the Shortest Transcontinental Route in Six Months. Where New Steel Highway to the East is Driving Through Living Rock. NEW RAILROAD TO OPEN VAST, RICH TERRITORY; Commercial Importance of San Diego and Arizona Route Hardly to be Exaggerated," Los Angeles Times, 21 July 1918: II1.
Copy photograph of Clara Phillips (left) and unidentified woman holding a bouquet of flowers seated against a car on the side of the road. Phillips was convicted of the murder of Alberta Meadows in 1922.
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
Civic activist Louise Ward Watkins was president of the Friday Morning Club from 1931 to 1934. Watkins, a Progressive Conservative, was involved with numerous civic organizations, and in 1938 became the first woman to run for the U.S. Senate in California. However she also opposed women in higher education.
Eleanor Mae Rosetti, in a printed dress and black hat, waves with one gloved hand and holds a small bucket back in another. She appears to be on a ship.
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
Rex Smith, left, and Jack London, center, walk beside one another and appear to be in conversation. An unidentified man on the left stands behind a travel bag.
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
Construction for the Colorado River Aqueduct began in 1933 and ended in 1935, overseen by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Water first flowed through the completed aqueduct in 1939.
Fifteen visible girls, wearing festive dresses, some with sashes with lettering, and one dressed as the Lady of Guadalupe (?), on a float on a float supported by a flatbed truck. the float is decorated with swags of sheer fabric, garlands of light-colored flowers and a flame mandorla behind the girl dressed as the Virgin.
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
Construction for the Colorado River Aqueduct began in 1933 and ended in 1935, overseen by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Water first flowed through the completed aqueduct in 1939.