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Flooded road near the Southern Pacific Depot in Lancaster, 1914
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Flooded road near the Southern Pacific Depot in Lancaster, 1914
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Description
Photograph of a flooded road near the Southern Pacific Depot in Lancaster, 1914. The road Is at center and is completely submerged beneath calm water. In the background, the railroad depot can be seen at right and a large two story building is visible at left. A small number of leafless trees can be seen in the background as well. The photograph is blurry and details are difficult to make out. Picture file card reads "(Burton's Tropico)", a reference to a mine in Antelope Valley.
Asset Metadata
Title
Flooded road near the Southern Pacific Depot in Lancaster, 1914
Subject
Floods
(lcsh),
Los Angeles County -- Antelope Valley
(file heading),
railroad features
(adlf),
Railroads -- Stations
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Lancaster
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1914
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1914
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5343
Identifier
32756 (
accession number
), CHS-32756 (
call number
), CHS-32756 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-25871 (
legacy record id
), chs-m5343 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-5456 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
25871
Unique identifier
UC128825
Legacy Identifier
CHS-32756.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.7 in × 16.9 in at 300dpi
52.6 cm × 42.9 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Description
The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.
We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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