Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A young boy stands in floodwaters at W. 54th and 5th Avenue after disastrous storms in January of 1940. The heavy rainstorms halted traffic and caused highway and bridge damage. At least three died and many were treated for injuries Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: 54th & 5 Ave Text from original nitrate sleeve: Disasters - Floods - following Jan. 1940 storm; Bellona Creek; West 7th St.; Slauson and Sepulveda; Manchester and Vermont; Roosevelt Highway
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image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0025gv74
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Weather Floods--California--Los Angeles Disaster Youth
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