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Title
Flood waters rush past a damaged cabin in Little Santa Anita Canyon, Sierra Madre, 1926
Contributor
Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa April 8, 1926]
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
This photograph appears as part of the photo spread titled, "Little Santa Anita Canyon Flood Victim; Traffic Bridges Out," Los Angeles Times, 09 Apr. 1926: A12
This photograph appears with the article, "THREE DIE IN SEA LASHED BY RETREATING STORM: Santa Monica Rescue Efforts Fail; Deluge Sweeps Canyon Colony; More Bridges Washed Out," Los Angeles Times, 09 Apr. 1926: A1
Flood waters, boulders and other rocky debris occupy the foreground and stretch back towards the left. In the near distance at right, a damaged cabin sits in partial view, facing slightly left. Damage is visible on the left side of the cabin and boulders line the front side of it. Two tree trunks extend from the cabin and to the left.
Text from negative sleeve: RLOODS [sic], SANTA ANITA [handwritten:] ?
Text from newspaper caption: Boulders Weighing Tons were Hurled Through Cabin at Left by the Torrent. [Los Angeles Times, 09 Apr. 1926: A12]
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_4638
ark:/21198/zz002cthjx
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Little Santa Anita Canyon (Calif.)
Floods--California--Sierra Madre
Cabins--California--Sierra Madre
Ruins--California--Sierra Madre
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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