The photographs in this series are pasted in albums with Lippincott’s handwritten numbers and captions. When this collection was first processed in 1999, processing staff transcribed photograph titles directly from these handwritten captions. The photo album titles were also transcribed from Lippincott’s own titles.

Several photograph titles reference outdated geographic names that include racial slurs. UCR Library has chosen to keep and add context to Lippincott’s use of harmful language in these titles. The titles reflect the place names in use at the time the photographs were taken. They also give information about how Lippincott organized and annotated his photographs. In 2022, notes on specific photographs were added to the finding aid for further context, including current place names where available. Photographs vary in size.

Further particulars are as follows: "Buttes Dam photographs", one album, undated; "Colorado River trip photographs", one album, dated December 1925; "Henshaw Dam - Escondido Ditch photographs", two albums, photos dated 1922 to 1929; "Klamath Project photographs - California, Oregon", two albums, dated 1906; "J.B. Lippincott photographs", three albums, photos dated 1899 to 1919; "Los Angeles Aqueduct photographs", two albums, photos dated 1906 to 1912; "United States Geological Survey photographs", four albums, photos dated 1895 to 1906; "Miscellaneous photographs", three albums, photos dated 1908 to 1930.

The following notes are used in the listing: