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Irrigation ditch
Security Pacific National Ban…
View of an elevated irrigating ditch in Riverside, supported by wooden framing as it crosses a gulley.
Irrigation map of the Colorado River Basin
Security Pacific National Ban…
1921
Originally named Boulder Dam, it was renamed Hoover Dam in 1946. Shown here is a an irrigation map by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclam…
It's the water
1988
Photograph caption reads: "Colorado River aqueduct provides liquid lifeline to farmers in the Imperial Valley". Photograph dated: Oct. 18, 1988.; Aer…
Ivy-covered bells stand in lush garden
1962
Photograph caption dated November 29, 1962 reads, "Riverside Mission Inn's chapel tower rises in background."
Jae and Sunkyung Jung in thier first apartment
1992
Color photo of Jae and Sunkyung Jung watching a Korean program on television in their first apartment, located in Riverside. They did not have much f…
Jae Jung with a U-Haul truck
1994
Jae Jung standing next to a U-Haul truck. Jae has moved every year since he moved to the United States. This is his 3rd move, this time to Camarillo …
Jimmy Swinnerton still active at 91
1966
Photograph caption dated November 13, 1966, Swinnerton's birthdate, reads, "In deep concentration painting a desert landscape."
Jimmy Swinnerton with a new painting
1940
Photograph caption dated September 4, 1940 reads, "James Swinnerton, who went to the desert 50 years ago to die but found life and beauty instead, is…
Jimmy Swinnerton
1934
Photograph caption dated April 13, 1934 reads, "Here is Swinnerton, whose 'Little Johnny' comic strip appears in The Evening Herald and Express. The…
Jimmy Swinnerton
1939
Photograph caption dated May 10, 1939 reads, "Famed cartoonist in hospital." A second photograph caption dated November 11, 1949 reads, "Almost 50 ye…
Jimmy Swinnerton
1932
Photograph caption dated December 13, 1932 reads, "This photo shows Mr. Swinnerton, originator of the cartoon character 'Little Jimmy' and one of the…
Jimmy Swinnerton, 91, honored by Authors Club
1966
Photograph caption dated December 15, 1966 reads, "Robert Rishell, right, shows his painting of pioneer cartoonist."
Juan Bautista de Anza statue
1940
A giant statue of Juan Bautista de Anza, the Spanish explorer who blazed a trail to California in 1774, is taking form in Newman Park, Riverside, as …
Judges found guilty of "Murder!"...murdering a so…
1953
Photograph caption dated December 19, 1953 reads "Often as flat as the face of their gavels were judges Philip H. Richards, Clement D. Nye, Benjamin …
Klamath Indian woman wearing feathers and beads
Circa 1920
Klamath Indian woman wearing a feather headress and beaded clothing.
La Quinta from the north, looking southwest
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aer…
1956
Aerial view of La Quinta from the north; view is looking southwest. Dwellings are sparsely scattered on plotted sections of land, and Fritz Burns Par…
La Quinta from the north, looking southwest
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aer…
1956
Aerial view of La Quinta from the north; view is looking southwest. Dwellings are sparsely scattered on plotted sections of land, and Fritz Burns Par…
La Quinta from the north, looking southwest
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aer…
1956
Aerial view of La Quinta from the north; view is looking southwest. Dwellings are sparsely scattered on plotted sections of land, and Fritz Burns Par…
La Quinta, Coachella Valley, looking south
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aer…
1956
Birdseye view of a section in La Quinta, located in the Coachella Valley; view is looking slightly south. Fritz Burns Park, located on Avenida Bermud…
La Quinta, Coachella Valley, looking south
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aer…
1956
Birdseye view of a section in La Quinta, located in the Coachella Valley; view is looking slightly south. Fritz Burns Park, located on Avenida Bermud…
La Quinta, Coachella Valley, looking south
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aer…
1956
Birdseye view of a section in La Quinta, located in the Coachella Valley; view is looking slightly south. Fritz Burns Park, located on Avenida Bermud…
La Quinta, Coachella Valley, looking south
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aer…
1956
Aerial view of a section in La Quinta, located in the Coachella Valley; view is looking slightly south. Fritz Burns Park, located on Avenida Bermudas…
La Quinta, Coachella Valley, looking southwest
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aer…
1956
Aerial view of a section in La Quinta, located in the Coachella Valley; view is looking southwest. Dwellings are sparsely scattered on plotted sectio…