Aerial view of flooding of a railroad bridge "north of Olive", ca.1930

Description

Photograph of an aerial view of flooding of a railroad bridge "north of Olive", ca.1930. The forceful water pushes through the bridge at center from the background on the right down to the foreground on the left. What appear to be small structures are washed up against the drowned rows of crops on the right while the bridge still stands in tact on the left.

Title:

Record ID:

chs-m10012

Names & Dates

Created:

[circa] 1930

Contributor:

[donor] Prejza, Paul (donated 1978-03)

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

Disasters , Floods , Railroad bridges , Bridges , [file heading] Disasters -- Floods , agricultural sites

Coverage:

[circa] 1930

Place:

[counties] Los Angeles
[states/provinces] California
[countries] USA

Relationships

Part Of:

[collection] California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
[project] USC

Physical

Type:

images

Format:

photographic prints
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
photographs

Access

Rights:

California Historical Society

Repository:

USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu

Ordering:

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Identifiers

Record ID:

chs-m10012

Source:

[record id] USC-0-1-1-10152
[accession no] 40358
[call no] CHS-40358