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Title
Flooded intersection of Vermont and Adams, January 1932
Date Created and/or Issued
1932-01-16
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 flooded intersection of Vermont and Adams, January 1932. In the extreme foreground at left, a wide street can be seen extending into the extreme background. The road is covered in a large layer of water. At center, a car can be seen creating large waves as it plows through the water. To the right of the road, a series of utility poles and lampposts line the sidewalk. To the far left, a large building can be seen at the corner of the intersection. Additional automobiles can be seen moving along the road.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2245
USC-0-1-1-2306 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41513
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2245
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41513.jpg
Subject
Floods
Streets
Rain and rainfall
Automobiles
Los Angeles--Floods--Unclassified
Roadways
Time Period
1932-01-16
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Vermont Avenue and Adams Boulevard
Source
41513 [Accession number]
CHS-41513 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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