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Title
Aerial view of rushing flood waters moving down the Los Angeles River in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created and/or Issued
March 1938
1938-03
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.
The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Aerial Views of Flood -- March 1938. In pen: North Hollywood.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0027z4bn
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Weather
Environment
Floods--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles River (Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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