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Aerial view of rushing flood waters moving down the Los Angeles River in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

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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
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: 17112
uclamss_1387_17206-01
ark:/21198/zz0027z541
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Disaster
Environment
Floods--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles River (Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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