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Title
Flood damage to the Universal back lot at Barham, 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 flood damage to the Universal back lot at Barham, 1938. Water flows from the center foreground to center and then curves out of view to the right. Rocks and fallen poles characterize the damaged banks on either side. Electrical poles extend over the water at center. Many buildings stand on the left bank in the background. Grassy hills stand behind them.
Type
image
Format
11 photographs : photoprints, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m18213
USC-0-1-1-2565 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44268
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18213
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44268.jpg
Subject
Floods
Motion picture studios
Bridges
Los Angeles--Floods--1938--San Fernando Valley
Buildings
Time Period
1938
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
44268 [Accession number]
CHS-44268 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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