View of a zanja, a water ditch, at the San Bernardino Mission Assistencia, ca.1900 

Man standing near a water ditch at the bank of Los Angeles River, north side of Griffith Park, ca.1900 

Men and burros laboring at a "Mexican Water System" around what may be a large well, ca.1920 

Drawing of a water carrier in the early days of the Pueblo Los Angeles, ca.1865 

Water wheel near Elysian Park which raised water from the Zanja Madre that flowed to a reservoir in the Pueblo, ca.1870 

Close-up of a zanja (irrigation ditch) in Sixth Street Park (later Pershing Square), Los Angeles, ca.1876-1880 

Drawing by Carlos Nebel depicting what a well dressed California horseman would have worn in the 1830's and 40's, ca.1839 

Irrigation ditches in a citrus grove, ca.1900 

Drawing showing gold digging and washing in Placer County, ca.1900 

Close-up view of the Zanja Madre, the main irrigation ditch in Riverside, 1903 

Drawing depicting Mexican Americans washing laundry in a stream, ca.1850 

Drawing of a Mexican American wedding party, ca.1843 

Old water wheel on the Zanja Madre on South Alameda Street near Washington Boulevard, ca.1900 

Mexican American band and two dancers, ca.1920 

Figueroa Street north from 24th Street showing zanja ditches, 1908 

Drawing depicting a Mexican man playing "Carera del Gallo", a game where one grabs a rooster while on horseback, ca.1800 

Drawing of a view of Mission Santa Barbara from the bay area, drawn by J.A. Pinto, ca.1840-1880 

Main irrigation ditch in the San Gabriel Canyon, ca.1900 

Headgate of an irrigation ditch in Imperial Valley, ca.1920 

Portrait of a drawing of Abel Stearns, ca.1840-1860