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Title
Flooded road near the Southern Pacific Depot in Lancaster, 1914
Date Created and/or Issued
1914
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 a flooded road near the Southern Pacific Depot in Lancaster, 1914. The road Is at center and is completely submerged beneath calm water. In the background, the railroad depot can be seen at right and a large two story building is visible at left. A small number of leafless trees can be seen in the background as well. The photograph is blurry and details are difficult to make out. Picture file card reads "(Burton's Tropico)", a reference to a mine in Antelope Valley.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5343
USC-0-1-1-5456 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-32756
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5343
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-32756.jpg
Subject
Floods
Railroads--Stations
Los Angeles County--Antelope Valley
Railroad features
Time Period
1914
Place
California
Lancaster
Los Angeles
USA
Source
32756 [Accession number]
CHS-32756 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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