Image of the concrete-lined Los Angeles River looking north from Elysian Park in Los Angeles, California, with houses, the Southern Pacific Railroad's Taylor Yard (across the river at right, with railroad train cars visible), the tower of the Great Mausoleum of Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale (at center) and mountains in the distance. "Los Angeles River from Elysian Park, Los Angeles, Cal."--text, on negative. Title transcribed from negative. Date approximately by cataloger based on history of the Los Angeles River, which the United States Army Corp of Engineers began channelizing in 1938, and the style of various automobiles visible in the photograph.
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