Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. (left to right) Park Superintendent Gilbert L. Skutt, Park Commission Chairman Mabel V. Socha, and Park Commission Engineer Roy T. Green examine a new earth crack in Elysian Park. The new crack follows a huge landslide in the park which dumped 1,500,000 tons of rock and dirt down the slope of Buena Vista Peak and onto Riverside Drive. Skutt, Socha, and Green are part of a group designated to devise a rehabilitation strategy for the park. Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Gilbert L. Scott, Mrs. Mabel V. Socha, Roy T. Green, Elysian Park Earth Crack[Gilbert L. Scott is likely Gilbert L. Skutt] Text from original nitrate sleeve: Scott, Gilbert L.; Socha, Mabel V.; Green, Roy T.; (At Earth Crack in Elysian Park)[Gilbert L. Scott is likely Gilbert L. Skutt]
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b&w nitrate negative
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Parks--California--Los Angeles Landslides--California--Los Angeles Environment Government employees--California--Los Angeles Disaster Socha, Mabel V., 1883-1966 Green, Roy T Skutt, Gilbert L., 1882-1967
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