Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. View of a rain-flooded commercial street. One commercial sign reads "Star Cafe." The water in the street is nearly as high as the curb. Text from negative sleeve: Floods, 1927. [handwritten:] ? Text from newspaper caption: J. Pluvius Has Field Day With Los Angeles Traffic and Business. Little business was done along the main street at Compton yesterday. Channel swimmers might have shopped comfortably. (Photos by George R. Watson, Times Staff Photographer) [Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 1927: 8].
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