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Title
Flood damage resulting from San Gabriel fire, 1924
Date Created and/or Issued
1924
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 flood damage resulting from San Gabriel fire, 1924. Water streams from the foreground tot he background while covering the land in places that aren't meant to have water. Trees can be seen hanging over the stream at right while more are visible in the background. Photonegative reads "In The Mouth Of Fish Canyon, Just Below The Wildwood Rancho Resort. The Old Stream-Bed Is Filled In For Depth Of From Three to Five Feet With Gravel, Stones and Debris Washed Down From The Burned Slopes Of Fish Canyon. On Left Is A Swimming Pool Filled With Dirt And Gravel Left By The Overflow When The Stream Bed Filled. View No. 5."
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m20484 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-35742
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20484
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-35742.jpg
Subject
Floods
General Subjects--Disasters--General--Uncataloged
Canyons
Time Period
1924
Place
California
Los Angeles
San Gabriel
USA
Source
35742 [Accession number]
CHS-35742 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
chs-m265

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