This collection primarily consists of letters to Don B. and Murray Skinner from other botanists in California and Washington, D.C. The Skinner's were predominantly interested in cacti and succulents and this is reflected in the letters to them,...
The papers provide a unique perspective of 20th century California history and American business history and more specifically, a view of business practices in Los Angeles. The Business Files, the largest series of the collection has 6,436 items....
Coyote Lake (head of Big Creek), Big Creek [cascade above PH1 site], Stevenson Creek Falls, Thousand Island Lake; Borel Powerhouse & cottages, Borel interior [with the original 5 Pelton Waterwheel units], Kern Sub., Indian Sub., Newhall Sub.; ...
Long Beach Gas Plant, Inner Harbor Gas Plant, Ventura County Power Co. photos (Oxnard Storehouse, Ventura Powerhouse & Substation, Oxnard Stable, Oxnard Steam Plant & Substation, Santa Paula Substation, Oxnard Pumping Plant, Oxnard Gas Compressor...
Los Angeles #1, #2 & #3 Powerhouses (interior & exterior); EEC General Office const.; Pasadena office; SAR #1 construction & operation; EEC plant in Pomona; Mill Creek #1 interiors; Santa Ana office; Pumping Plants & Substations in Orange County;...
The Samuel G. Hibben collection is divided into four sections: articles, photographs, correspondence, and ephemera. The bulk of the collection consists of articles, both handwritten and printed, and most written by Hibben. The rest are...
Sierra penstock break, new pipeline, intake house, diversion - powerhouse; Borel Powerhouse and water diversions, original Pelton-Doble turbines, and change over to horizontal Pelton-Francis turbines; various substations; Meter testing; Mentone...
California Electric Power Corp. - Southern Sierras Power Co. - Hydroelectric facilities, cottages, and other buildings at Bishop Creek Plant 2, Plant 3, Plant 4, Plant 5, Control Station and Plant 6; Facilities, buildings and offices at Laws, Big...
California Electric Power Corp. - Nevada-California Electric Corp. - Rhyolite Sub., Temescal Rock Co. Substation, Banning Sub.; Bishop Creek Hydro - Plant #2, Plant #3, Plant #4, Plant #5, Plant #6, Reservoir #1 [South Lake or Lake Sabrina],...
The raceway flume joining the tailrace of Mill Creek #2 Hydro Plant and Mill Creek #3 Hydro Plant with the intake of Mill Creek #1 Hydro Plant. [showing the mountains and the canyon.]
The collection contains 69 items. There are three manuscripts, including an essay about horticulturist Theodore Payne and a poem read before the Illinois Association of Los Angeles, California. The 40 items in the correspondence section are...
This collection contains photographs of citrus orchards, citrus fruit (lemons and oranges), workers in the field, and citrus fairs. Several companies show up in the photographs including the California Fruit Growers Exchange, San Dimas Lemon...