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Aerial view of flooded area of Arroyo Seco at Avenue 43, 1938
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Aerial view of flooded area of Arroyo Seco at Avenue 43, 1938
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Description
Photograph of aerial view of flooded area of Arroyo Seco at Avenue 43, 1938. In the background at center, a wide river can be seen extending from the far left to the right. The river separates two sections large sections of residential city blocks. At the center of the river along the opposite bank, a damaged roadway can be seen. To the far right, a portion of the river can be seen overflowing into the adjacent streets. A large section of water and mud can be seen covering many of the streets near the clusters of homes. The mud and water can be seen extending from the river into foreground at right. In the foreground at left, winding streets can be seen on a mountain. 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 flooded area of Arroyo Seco at Avenue 43, 1938
Subject
floodplains
(adlf),
Floods
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Floods -- 1938 #1 (Los Angeles County, except San Fernando Valley)
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Avenue 43
(roadway),
California
(states),
Highland Park
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1938
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2343
Identifier
44247 (
accession number
), CHS-44247 (
call number
), CHS-44247 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-3271 (
legacy record id
), chs-m2343 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-2404 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
), 237 (
unidentified no.
), 38-11 (
unidentified no.
), 87 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3271
Unique identifier
UC120275
Legacy Identifier
CHS-44247.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.9 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
53.2 cm × 41.5 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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