This is probably J.W. Bledsoe’s most famous photograph: it shows William Mulholland, the driving force behind the Los Angeles Aqueduct, ca. 1908-1913. It has been widely reproduced in histories of the Aqueduct. I have a print in my personal collection that has been signed by a descendant of Mulholland’s.

Photograph by J.W. Bledsoe

From the collection of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power/California Historical Society

Golden Trout Lake, near Piute Pass, taken by JW Bledsoe.  No date.  Notation on the back just says, “Near summit Piute Trail Golden Trout Lake  H-5.”

Photograph of same location, approximately 100 years later, taken by James Delwiche.