Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. View of the churning Los Angeles River, possibly from a low bridge, during rainstorm flooding. Electric utility towers span the river and 2 can be seen on small platforms in the river. An empty platform is in the river in the right middle ground. Text from negative sleeve: Floods, L.A. River Text from newspaper caption: Normally an arid expanse of bottom land, the area at the junction of the Los Angeles and Rio Hondo is the playground of a rampaging flood. Photo gives an idea of the volume of water coursing over the area (Times photo.) [Los Angeles Times 17 Feb. 1927: A3].
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2450 ark:/21198/zz002ddfff
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Storms--California--South Gate Los Angeles River (Calif.) Electric lines--California--Los Angeles County Rivers--California--Los Angeles County Rio Hondo River (Calif.) Floods--California--Los Angeles County
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