Flooded street at Venice Boulevard and Union Avenue, January 1932

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Photograph of flooded street at Venice Boulevard and Union Avenue, January 1932. To the far right, a street with a single automobile traveling along it can be seen. In the foreground at center, a lamppost is visible. In the background, a large store can be seen beside a large utility pole. A sidewalk should be visible along storefront, but a deep layer of water can be seen instead. The flooded water extends from the street to the sidewalk and extends into the extreme background. In the background at center, several cars can be seen parked along the side of the road. Legible signs include: "Tires", "Cafe", "Official Brake Testing Headlight Adjusting", "Union Gasoline", and "Eddie Miller Inc., Complete Tire Service".

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Title Flooded street at Venice Boulevard and Union Avenue, January 1932

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Floods (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Floods -- Unclassified (file heading), Rain and rainfall (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Venice Boulevard and Union Avenue (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1932-01-16

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 1932-01-16

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-m2248

Identifier 41528 (accession number), CHS-41528 (call number), CHS-41528 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3177 (legacy record id), chs-m2248 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2309 (legacy record id), USC (project), 8323 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3177

Unique identifier UC120403

Legacy Identifier CHS-41528.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.3 in × 13.8 in at 300dpi
46.4 cm × 35.1 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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