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Title

Giving him his due, a cartoon

Date

[ca. 1906]

Description

1 Drawing: 12 x 12

Subject(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 (1), Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909 (1), Southern Pacific Railroad Company (285), Agriculture (273), Railroads (8), Rivers (12), Levees--California (1), Imperial Valley (Calif.) (1), Colorado (1)

Periodical illustrations (10)

Summary

A cartoon showing President Theodore Roosevelt paying Edward H. Harriman of the Southern Pacific Railroad for building a levee in the Imperial Valley of California to guard against the incursions of the Colorado River; to the benefit of the Imperial Valley farmer.

Owning
Institution

Center for Sacramento History

Copyright

Call
Number

1982/04/2381

Filing
Location

MC 8:13

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