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Title
Aerial view of flooded area of San Fernando Valley, 1938
Creator
115th Photo Section Photograph
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 flooded area of San Fernando Valley, 1938. At center, a wide river can be seen extending into the extreme background. At the center of the river, part of the river can be seen overflowing into the adjacent city blocks at right. A large stream of water covers several roadways and fields. To the left and right of the river, large city blocks separated by long streets are visible. In the extreme background at center, a large mountain range can be seen. 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
20 x 25 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2347
USC-0-1-1-2408 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44271
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2347
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44271.jpg
Subject
Floods
Los Angeles--Floods--1938--San Fernando Valley
Floodplains
Time Period
1938
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
44271 [Accession number]
CHS-44271 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 127; plate no: 37-182A [Identifying number]

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