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Title
Elysian Park landslide
Alternative Title
Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1937
Publication Information
Federal Writers' Project
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Aerial view showing a close-up of the top of the Elysian Park landslide, showing the 53-foot drop-off of the ridge road. The photo was taken on December 14, 1937, directly over the top of the landslide. Riverside Drive is located to the right below.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph:b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00064900
Works Progress Administration Collection
WPA 1943 4x5
CARL0000068757
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/2592
Subject
Parks--California--Los Angeles
Landslides--California--Los Angeles
Works Progress Administration Collection photographs
Riverside Drive (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Aerial photographs
Time Period
1931-1940

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