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San Francisquito Canyon shortly after the failure of the Saint Francis Dam and cataclysmic flood, 1928

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Title: San Francisquito Canyon shortly after the failure of the Saint Francis Dam and cataclysmic flood, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: March 1928
1928-03
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
View of San Francisquito Canyon shortly after the failure of the Saint Francis Dam and cataclysmic flood. Concrete debris from the broken dam wall is visible in the distance and the remaining dike wing of the dam is visible as a light, horizontal line in far distance beyond.
Text from negative sleeve: Saint Francis Dam
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1944
ark:/21198/zz002dcv02
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Saint Francis Dam Failure, Calif., 1928
Floods--California--San Francisquito Canyon
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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