Imperial, California, 1913 – Historic Photograph Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of Imperial, California, 1913 brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Business center of Imperial, Cal., Feb. 22, 1913
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Imperial, California, 1913
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Imperial, in California's Imperial Valley, was a young farm town and the county seat of Imperial County, which had been split from San Diego County in 1907. The valley's economy rested on irrigated land fed by canals drawn from the Colorado River, and alfalfa and cantaloupes were shipped out by rail on Southern Pacific lines. Only a few years earlier, from 1905 to 1907, the river had broken through its diversion works and poured into the Salton Sink, damaging canals and farmland and forcing engineers to close the breach. Residents in 1913 would have known Imperial as a place of irrigation districts, land promotion, and the hope that desert soil could feed a growing state.
| Created / published | 1913 |
|---|---|
| Creator | bunnell, s. u. (schuyler u.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--California |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 949 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Business center of Imperial, Cal., Feb. 22, 1913 |
| Reference | CA Imperial 1913 |
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