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Sign warns pedestrians and drivers of landslide danger near the Figueroa St. tunnel, Los Angeles, November 1937

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Title: Sign warns pedestrians and drivers of landslide danger near the Figueroa St. tunnel, Los Angeles, November 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: November 1937
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Sign warns people to vacate the area due to landslide danger near the Figueroa St. tunnel. The landslide occurred in Elysian Park in November 1937. It began as a small crack on Buena Vista Peak and continued to widen until the landslide dumped millions of tons of loose rock and dirt down the slope and on to Riverside Drive.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Elysian Park Earth Crack
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Elysian Park Earth Crack - no Tunnel - Figueroa St.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1387_16081-01
ark:/21198/zz0025gkz4
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Signs (Notices)
Landslides--California--Los Angeles
Danger
Tunnels--California--Los Angeles
Environment
Parks--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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