California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Aerial view of flood in Azusa, showing San Gabriel Railroad suspended over cliff, California, 1938

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Aerial view of flood in Azusa, showing San Gabriel Railroad suspended over cliff, California, 1938

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Photograph of aerial view of flood in Azusa, showing San Gabriel Railroad suspended over cliff, California, 1938. In the background at center, a set of railroad tracks can be seen moving left to right. At the center of the tracks, a small ravine appears to have been created from a recent flood. The railroad tracks are suspended across this ravine with apparently no support. In the extreme foreground, a large pool of water can be seen, with bits of debris at the water's edge. In the extreme background at right, a large structure is visible. In the extreme background at center, open fields with sparse vegetation 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". Compares to CHS-41467.

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Title Aerial view of flood in Azusa, showing San Gabriel Railroad suspended over cliff, California, 1938

Subject Bridges (lcsh), Floods (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Floods -- 1938 #1 (Los Angeles County, except San Fernando Valley) (file heading), Railroad bridges (lcsh), railroad features (adlf), Sand and gravel plants (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Azusa (city or populated place), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1938

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1938

Contributor Prejza, Paul (donated 1978-03) (donor)

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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2477

Identifier 41468 (accession number), CHS-41468 (call number), CHS-41468 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3393 (legacy record id), chs-m2477 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2540 (legacy record id), USC (project), 164 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3393

Unique identifier UC120601

Legacy Identifier CHS-41468.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 22.3 in × 14.4 in at 300dpi
56.6 cm × 36.6 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

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