From a rowboat, two heroic newspaper reporters, "Magellan" Eldridge and "Balboa" Watson photograph the floodwaters in the Los Angeles River that have compromised the Southern Pacific Railroad bridge near Elysian Park. Photograph dated March, 1938.
Floods--California--Los Angeles Bridge failures--California--Los Angeles Railroad bridges--California--Los Angeles Rivers--California, Southern Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Mountains--California, Southern Los Angeles River (Calif.) Santa Monica Mountains (Calif.) Elysian Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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