Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
A1092.15Description
Small photo on cardstock of two women standing in front of a flowing well. The legs of drill rig are visible next to ladies (see UNK 1049 for drill rig). Additional information from accession record: The two women at the top of this picture are at the #2 well, the first well drilled in the valley by Los Angeles. The woman to the left is Mabel Hession's sister Mattie, and the one on the right is Mabel's mother, Mrs. Scovil.
Written in blue ink on reverse: The first well the City of LA drilled east of Independence where road crosses the aqueduct. East of Independence.Collection
Allie Robinson Collection