Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Another image of this bridge has "Compton bridge" handwritten on the negative (id no. uclamss_1429_2371). View of a bridge in Compton with wooden railings spanning the Los Angeles River, swollen with flood water from a torrential rain storm Text from newspaper caption for another image of a Los Angeles River bridge during this storm: Thundering Waters Tear at Toppling Bridges. Tempest Turns River Into Destructive Force. Hungry flood waters of the raging Los Angeles River assailing the Main-street bridge. These waters rioting over an area which normally is an arroyo seco or dry river bed. A number of bridges have been swept out or badly damaged by the stream, transformed from an innocuous pygmy to a destructive giant almost overnight [Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 1927: 3]. Text from negative sleeve: Floods, L.A. River
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2456 ark:/21198/zz002ddfnj
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Storms--California--Compton Rivers--California--Compton Floods--California--Compton Bridges--California--Compton Los Angeles River (Calif.)
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