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Photograph article dated February 9, 1962 reads, "... Rainwater surrounded homes and cars in Gardena, Thursday, lower left, where heavy rainfall turned a street into a river 8 feet deep. The rain, Southern California's heaviest in years, made drivers abandon their cars, lower right. Police used boats in Gardena to rescue drivers."; See image #00112348 for additional photo in this series.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Trees--Effect of floods on--California--Gardena Rain and rainfall--California--Gardena Rainstorms--California--Gardena Dwellings--California--Gardena Storms--California--Gardena Trees--California--Gardena Men--California--Gardena Gardena (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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