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Title
House spared as Salton Sea rises
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1958
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
The Salton Sea is rising and slowly lapping at structures on its shoreline. Nobody knows when it's going to stop. So far, this residential home has been spared by the rising waters. Photograph dated November 24, 1958.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00047548
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 2312
CARL0000050921
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/16657
Subject
Dwellings--California--Salton Sea
Lakes--California--Salton Sea
Floods--California--Salton Sea
Salton Sea (Calif.)
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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