Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. View of a commercial street flooded, possibly by the Los Angeles River, during or after a heavy rainstorm. Three men are raising the level of a tarp-covered truck with a wooden beam used as a lever in the middle of the street. Another truck with 2 kerosene lamps perched on it is on the right and sections of large pipe are on the side of the street on the far right. A pile of dirt is behind the truck. Signs on and around the commercial buildings read "United States Tires, Sales & Service Depot, Lloyds Service Station," "Quaker State Motor Oil," "Gilmore Gasoline," "Sanitary Kitchen, C. Soper..,...Ice Cream," "Radio Shop, Hardware," and "S. C. Weaver Const. Co." Text from negative sleeve: Floods, L.A. River
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2449 ark:/21198/zz002ddfdx
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Floods--California--Los Angeles County Storms--California--Los Angeles County
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