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Title
Los Angeles River adjacent to where the Glendale bridge was washed out by a storm flooding, Los Angeles, 1927
Contributor
Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Date Created and/or Issued
February 16, 1927
1927-02-16
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 houses on the Los Angeles River that were later washed away in a flood caused by a torrential rain storm. They were located next to the Glendale bridge, which was also washed out, in Atwater Village near Glendale.
Text from newspaper caption (image is left part of a panoramic view): Flood Waters Following Unusual Downpour Cut Traffic Arteries. General view of Los Angeles River at point where Glendale bridge was washed out...Several of the houses pictured above have been carried away since this photo was taken. (Panorama by George R. Watson, Times Staff Photographer.)
Text from negative sleeve: Floods, Glendale, 1927
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2427
ark:/21198/zz002dddn2
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Los Angeles River (Calif.)
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Rivers--California--Los Angeles
Storms--California--Los Angeles
Floods--California--Los Angeles
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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