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Two unidentified men stack bags of fertilizer in the rain, Sunset Beach, 1939

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Title: Two unidentified men stack bags of fertilizer in the rain, Sunset Beach, 1939
Date Created and/or Issued: January 1939
1939-01
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Their raincoats shining with water the two men crouch down stacking dozens upon dozens of bags of fertilizer.
Photograph appears with the article, "First Storm of 1939 Wets Southland," Los Angeles Times, 06 Jan 1939: 1.
The season's total rainfall is at 7.97 inches.
Text from newspaper caption: BOARD WALKS WASHED OUT BY POUNDING BREAKERS Giant ground swells, which were abating last night, took a damage toll at Southland beaches. Above, Sunset Beach walk ripped by giant combers. Below, workmen place sandbags along Sunset Beach strand at Broadway where waves undermined pavement.
Text from negative sleeve: 15379 - Sunset Beach sea damage 1/38
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14768
ark:/21198/zz002j8ds0
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Boardwalks--California--Sunset Beach
Storms--California--Sunset Beach
Raincoats
Fertilizers--California--Sunset Beach
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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