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Title
Aerial view of unidentified flooded area, showing residential blocks at left and at right, 1938
Contributor
Prejza, Paul (donated 1978-03)
Date Created and/or Issued
1938
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of aerial view of unidentified flooded area, showing residential blocks at left and at right, 1938. At center, a wide river can be seen flowing from the bottom of the image to the top. To the left of the river, clusters of small homes can be seen. To the right of the river, a dry bank can be seen adjacent to a wide road. Further to the right, several homes are visible along sets of parallel streets. Two cul-de-sacs can be seen. Photoprint reads: "This photograph is loaned to you. Please return to: Illustrator. L.A. City Planning Dept. Rm.361 F City Hall, Los Angeles, California".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2303
USC-0-1-1-2364 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41502
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2303
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41502.jpg
Subject
Floods
Rivers
Los Angeles--Floods--1938 #1 (Los Angeles County, except San Fernando Valley)
Time Period
1938
Place
California
USA
Source
41502 [Accession number]
CHS-41502 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 24; unidentified no: 5 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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