Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2024.0.489Description
Photo of the plaza and fountain in the City of Los Angeles, possibly around 1900. A sign for the L. A. City Water Co. is visible near the center. The L. A. City Water Company, privately owned, ran Los Angeles's Water Works until voters approved a measure in 1902 to municipalize Water Operations, giving rise to LADWP.
Stamped in black ink on reverse with the Dept. of Water & Power stamp and photograph/negative number 51-856.
Written in red ink on reverse: Sec. I. - No. 13 - Page 71.