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Title
Aerial view of unidentified flooded area, showing patches of dry mud on parts of the city, 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 aerial view of unidentified flooded area, showing patches of dry mud on parts of the city, 1938. At center, a wide river can be seen extending from the bottom of the image to the top. At the center of the river, banks of mud are visible. To the immediate left and right of the river, dried mud banks can also be seen. The mud banks to the right even cover parts of the city. To the far left, groups of residential homes can be seen, while city blocks are visible to the far right and bottom section of the image. 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-m2313
USC-0-1-1-2374 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41508
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2313
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41508.jpg
Subject
Floods
Rivers
Los Angeles--Floods--1938 #1 (Los Angeles County, except San Fernando Valley)
Time Period
1938
Place
California
USA
Source
41508 [Accession number]
CHS-41508 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 23 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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