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Title
Aerial view of a flooded area, showing a highway over the river, 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 an aerial view of a flooded area, showing a highway over the river, 1938. At center, a multilane highway or freeway crosses above a stretch of river that runs from the bottom to the top of the image. At left and right, the tops of what appear to be industrial buildings 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
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2316
USC-0-1-1-2377 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41492
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2316
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41492.jpg
Subject
Floods
Rivers
Los Angeles--Floods--1938 #1 (Los Angeles County, except San Fernando Valley)
Cities
Time Period
1938
Place
California
USA
Source
41492 [Accession number]
CHS-41492 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 9; unidentified no: 4 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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