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Title
Floodwater at the intersection of Washington and Burlington Street, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued
1932-01-16
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 floodwater at the intersection of Washington Street and Burlington Street, 1932. At right, an automobile is visible, its wheels half-submerged in the water that fills the street. Burlington Street can be seen intersecting Washington Street towards the center of the image, beyond which a streetcar makes its way down Washington. A sign for "Drugs" can be seen on the building at left.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m381
USC-0-1-1-379 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-42198
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m381
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-42198.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Streets--Washington #2
Streets
Floods
Storms
Rainstorms
Electric railroads
Roadways
Time Period
1932-01-16
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Washington Street
Burlington Street
Source
42198 [Accession number]
CHS-42198 [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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