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Title
View of east Compton during the flood of 1914
Contributor
Gillingham, Robert C
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 view of east Compton during the flood of 1914. A smooth sheet of water makes its way to the right, dropping down over a tiny embankment. In the background, the silhouettes of houses can be seen, along with structures that appear to be either windmills or oil derricks.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2629
USC-1-1-1-2692 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-12731
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2629
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-12731.jpg
Subject
Floods
Los Angeles County--Compton
Cities
Time Period
1914
Place
California
Compton
Los Angeles
USA
Source
12731 [Accession number]
CHS-12731 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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