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Aerial view of flooding on a railroad bridge in Big Santa Anita Canyon in Monrovia, 1938
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Aerial view of flooding on a railroad bridge in Big Santa Anita Canyon in Monrovia, 1938
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Description
Photograph of an aerial view of flooding on a railroad bridge in Big Santa Anita Canyon in Monrovia, 1938. At center, a wide, irregularly shaped stream of water and mud cut from left to right across the image, running under a railroad bridge. Above the stream, the residential section of a town 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".
Asset Metadata
Title
Aerial view of flooding on a railroad bridge in Big Santa Anita Canyon in Monrovia, 1938
Contributor
Prejza, Paul (donated 1978-03)
(contributor)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Date Created
1938
Subject
Floods
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Floods -- 1938 #1 (Los Angeles County, except San Fernando Valley)
(file heading),
Railroad bridges
(lcsh),
Railroads
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Monrovia
(city or populated place),
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)
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-m2482
Identifier
CHS-41475 (
call number
), CHS-41475 (
filename
), 41475 (
identifying number
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-3398 (
legacy record id
), chs-m2482 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-2545 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
), 161 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3398
Unique identifier
UC120602
Legacy Identifier
CHS-41475.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
22.1 in × 14.5 in at 300dpi
56.3 cm × 36.8 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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