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Flood damage to an unidentified sluice in Los Angeles, 1938
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Flood damage to an unidentified sluice in Los Angeles, 1938
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Description
Photograph of flood damage to an unidentified sluice in Los Angeles, 1938. In the left foreground, a man is shown kneeling in the mud deposits of the flood damage, while behind him, a concrete sluice has been broken into pieces. To either side of the sluice, eroded banks of soil can be seen. Trees are visible in the background.; Photoprint reads: "Thompson Photo Service. 1917 12th Street. Santa Monica, Calif." and "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
Flood damage to an unidentified sluice in Los Angeles, 1938
Subject
Floods
(lcsh),
hydrographic structures
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- Floods -- 1938
(file heading),
Los Angeles -- Floods -- Unclassified
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
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
(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-m2283
Identifier
41522 (
accession number
), CHS-41522 (
call number
), CHS-41522 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-3212 (
legacy record id
), chs-m2283 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-2344 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3212
Unique identifier
UC120279
Legacy Identifier
CHS-41522.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.9 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
53.1 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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