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Title
Aerial view of unidentified flooded area, showing river curving to the left, 1938
Contributor
Prejza, Paul (donated 1978-03)
Date Created and/or Issued
1938
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of aerial view of unidentified flooded area, showing river curving to the left, 1938. At center, a wide river can be seen extending from the bottom of the image curving to the upper-left corner. To the immediate left and right of the river, banks of mud can be seen. Further to the left and right, large city blocks separated by wide streets are visible. Photoprint reads: "This photograph is loaned to you. Please return to: Illustrator. L.A. City Planning Dept. Rm.361 F City Hall, Los Angeles, California".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2310
USC-0-1-1-2371 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41505
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2310
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41505.jpg
Subject
Floods
Rivers
Los Angeles--Floods--1938 #1 (Los Angeles County, except San Fernando Valley)
Time Period
1938
Place
California
USA
Source
41505 [Accession number]
CHS-41505 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 17; unidentified no: 4 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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