Flooded intersection of 4th Avenue and Slauson, January 1932

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Photograph of flooded intersection of 4th Avenue and Slauson, January 1932. In the foreground at center, a wide street can be seen extending into the extreme background. The street is completely covered by a layer of water. In the foreground at right, ripples can be seen moving through the water. To the far right, a street sign can be seen reading "Slauson". Further down the sidewalk, lampposts and trees line the road. Further to the right, a row of small homes can be seen. A row of homes is also visible to the far left of the street.

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Title Flooded intersection of 4th Avenue and Slauson, January 1932

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 4th Avenue & Slauson Avenue (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2250

Identifier 41515 (accession number), CHS-41515 (call number), CHS-41515 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3179 (legacy record id), chs-m2250 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2311 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3179

Unique identifier UC120399

Legacy Identifier CHS-41515.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.4 in × 13.8 in at 300dpi
46.9 cm × 35.2 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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