Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Text from newspaper caption for another image of the Norwalk bridge during this storm: Valiant effforts to save the Norwalk bridge over the San Gabriel from the rampaging waters were being made late yesterday. Photo shows a truck employed in removing debris obstructing channel. (Times photo.) [Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 1927: A3] View of theNorwalk bridge with wooden trusses spanning the San Gabriel River, swollen with flood water from a torrential rain storm. The bridge is occupied by onlookers and a truck covered with a tarp. On the right, 2 trees are submerged in the river to the tops of their trunks. Text from negative sleeve: Floods, L.A. River [identification is not correct]
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2459 ark:/21198/zz002ddfr3
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Floods--California--Los Angeles County Storms--California--Los Angeles County Bridges--California--Los Angeles County Rivers--California--Los Angeles County Los Angeles River (Calif.)
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