Usually quite dry, the Los Angeles River was full of water on December 23, 1940. Here is the Fletcher Drive Bridge, with water from the heavy rainstorm streaming down the river. In some places the water was up to the banks.
Rivers--California, Southern Bridges--California--Los Angeles Floods--California, Southern Fletcher Drive (Los Angeles, Calif.) Fletcher Drive Bridge (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles River (Calif.) Atwater Village (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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