California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Aerial view of floodplains, showing break in levee, Santa Ana, 1938

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Aerial view of floodplains, showing break in levee, Santa Ana, 1938

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Photograph of aerial view of floodplains, showing break in levee, Santa Ana, 1938. In the foreground, several rectangular plains with lines of vegetation can be seen. In the background at center, a wide river can be seen extending into the extreme background at right. Two bridges can be seen extending over different sections of the river. The river has flooded causing some of the water to spill into the adjacent plains along the banks. In the extreme background at left, additional plains 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".

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Title Aerial view of floodplains, showing break in levee, Santa Ana, 1938

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

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1938

Subject floodplains (adlf), Floods (lcsh), Levees (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Floods -- 1938 #3 (Orange County) (file heading), Orchards (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Orange (counties), Santa Ana (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-m2305

Identifier 44214 (accession number), CHS-44214 (call number), CHS-44214 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3233 (legacy record id), chs-m2305 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2366 (legacy record id), USC (project), 230 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3233

Unique identifier UC120326

Legacy Identifier CHS-44214.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 21.6 in × 14.2 in at 300dpi
54.8 cm × 36.1 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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