Horse-drawn wagon hauling water on Phillips Ranch, Rolling Hills Estates

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CollectionPhillips Ranch Photo CollectionDate1915DescriptionImage shows six-horse team hauling barrel of drinking water to Harry Phillips' "new" ranch home in an area that later became the Palos Verdes Golf Course. The water was drawn from a well near the old ranch where Harry F. Phillips Senior had dug a well. Built in 1910 as the second home for the Phillips family, the new ranch was located in Blackwater Canyon to the northeast of the present intersection of Palos Verdes Drive North and Rolling Hills Road in Rolling Hills Estates.Photo Size3.5 x 5.75 in.Photo Format1 photographic print (b/w)External Linkhttp://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt100024mtHeld ByPalos Verdes Library District. Peninsula Center Library. Local History CenterShelf LocationPVLH.PHI.34.89Restrictions on AccessElectronically digitized by the Palos Verdes Library District from the Palos Verdes Library Local History Room Photo Collection. Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use. To obtain permission and images for publication purposes please contact the Palos Verdes Library District.

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Geographic LocationPalos Verdes Peninsula (Calif.)Phillips Ranch (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.)SubjectRanches--California--Rolling Hills EstatesMule-teamsWater development, supply, and managementTime Period1911-1920

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