Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Possibly related to the article, "City Streets Flooded by Heavy Downpour: UPLAND AREA CLOUD BURST INJURES TWO Drought Threat Reduced Eight-Foot Wall of Water and Mud Rushes Through Frankish Canyon," Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 1936: 1 Los Angeles County Flood Control crew members stand over Ballona Creek and monitor its flood waters. Water floods a street stretching past the lower right corner. Four flood control members stand up on the sidewalk. They stand along the walkway's guardrail and wear raincoats. From left to right, they are: T. A. Brown, C. M. Fleming, Frank E. Jones and William McCrystal. T. A. Brown stands nearest to camera and points up towards a rainbow arcing through the sky in the distance at right. Ballona Creek passes beneath them as it flows into the distance. Handwritten text from negative sleeve: 3695-- T. A. Brown, C. M. Fleming, William Mc Crystal, Frank E. Jones (Rainbow) (L.A. Co. Flood Control Men watching Ballona Creek 2/12/36 [stamped:] FEB 18, 1936 Handwritten on negative: Wm Mc Crystal Frank E. Jones C. M. Flemming T. A. Brown (L. A. Co - Flood control) men at Ballona Creek 2-12-36
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_12775 ark:/21198/zz002hmv6j
Subject
Bridges--California--Los Angeles Flood control--California--Los Angeles Storms--California--Los Angeles Rain--California--Los Angeles Ballona Creek (Calif.) Los Angeles County Flood Control District (Calif.) Rainbows Floods--California--Los Angeles Brown, T. A McCrystal, William Fleming, C. M Jones, Frank E
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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