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Men, medicine & water: the building of the Los Angeles aqueduct, 1908-1913: a physician's recollections

Claremont Colleges Digital Library

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Title Men, medicine & water: the building of the Los Angeles aqueduct, 1908-1913: a physician's recollections
Creator Taylor, Raymond G. (Raymond Griswold), 1872-1958
Contributor Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Water and Power; Nunis, Doyce B., Jr.
Subject Aqueducts; Aqueducts--California; Diaries; Landscape photography; Los Angeles (Calif.). Dept. of Water and Power; Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.); Maps; Physicians; Portraits; Portraits, Group; Taylor, Raymond G. (Raymond Griswold), 1872-1958; Watermarks
Coverage Los Angeles (Calif.); Owens Valley (Calif.)
Description Book consists of the journal entries of a Dr. Raymond G. Taylor, a physician who practiced along the Los Angeles Aqueduct during the aqueduct's construction. He relates personal experiences along the aqueduct and encounters with Owens Valley residents and Los Angeles citizens. Book also contains a section with photographs that trace Dr. Taylor's journey up the aqueduct.
Publisher Friends of the LACMA Library, Los Angeles, California Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Date 1982
Language eng
Source Monograph, 209 scanned pages: Men, medicine & water: the building of the Los Angeles aqueduct, 1908-1913: a physician's recollections, TD 229 L7 T39X, Water Resources Collection, Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
Relation Water Resources Collection California Water Documents - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cwd
Rights The Claremont Colleges Library, Special Collections Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Los Angeles County Medical Association. Los Angeles County Medical Association has given Claremont Colleges Library Special Collections permission to provide access to the digitized work online. For more information on copyright or permissions for this item, please contact Los Angeles County Medical Association Executive Office at http://www.lacmanet.org/About/StaffContact.aspx
Type Text; Image
Format application/pdf
Identifier cwd00216 http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cwd/id/3062

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