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F. E. Brown photograph collection of Bear Valley Dam

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A collection of 46 photographs and a few pieces of ephemera related to the building of Bear Valley Dam, 1884, and surveys of the Whitewater River, San Bernardino County, California, 1890s. The photographs belonged to F. E. (Frank Elwood) Brown, who was the chief engineer of the dam, which was built to provide irrigation to citrus growers in San Bernardino County. It is unclear who took the photographs, which are prints of various sizes, many with handwritten identifications. The building of the dam created Big Bear Lake, and images show the valley before and after the lake's creation. Other images depict: the granite dam being built; a long flume crossing a creek; engineers at camp; and one image of Brown and fellow Redlands founder Edward G. Judson, approximately 1886. There are also several survey photographs of Whitewater River in San Bernardino County, and a few cabinet card photographs by early regional photographers Rudolph J. Philippi, Charles T. Collier, and D. Ford of Redlands. Ephemera includes a printed map of the Lake View Tract, Riverside County, California, bearing the letterhead of the Sierra Vista Orange Land Company, F. E. Brown, President. Additionally, there are two newspaper clippings from 1897 about Brown, and a fold-out case with portrait photographs of Brown and his wife, Jessie Fremont Smith.

Type
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Date
1880s-1890s
Call number
photCL 192
Creator
Brown, F. E (1856-1914)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Paul W. Brown, 1962.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Collier, C. T.,
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