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Title
Aerial view of the flooded Los Angeles River at Baker Avenue South near Maywood, 1938
Creator
115th Photo Section Photograph
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 an aerial view of the flooded Los Angeles River at Baker Avenue South near Maywood, 1938. At center, the wide Los Angeles River runs wild but appears to be held by its banks, extending into the right distance. To the left and right, blocks of residential buildings 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
20 x 25 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2273
USC-0-1-1-2334 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44270
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2273
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44270.jpg
Subject
Floods
Rivers
Los Angeles--Floods--1938--San Fernando Valley
Time Period
1938
Place
Baker Avenue South
California
Los Angeles
Maywood
USA
Source
44270 [Accession number]
CHS-44270 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
plate no: 37-189A; unidentified no: 131 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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