From the archives: L.A. Times Past

L.A. Times Past Nov. 25, 1907: Stupendous. Silver Lake Nearly Ready.

Stu­pendous. Sil­ver Lake Nearly Ready. Wa­ter Soon Will Flow In­to Biggest Reser­voir. Three-fourths of a Bil­lion Gal­lons Its Lim­it. Nat­ur­al Beauty Spot Bound to Be­come Pop­u­lar.

Sources: Los Angeles Times archive