Men surveying flood damage in Los Angeles, 1938

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Photograph of men surveying flood damage in Los Angeles, 1938. At center, several men stand on the side of a slab of pavement that appears to be a road. In the foreground and background, mud and piles of soil can be seen, along with a narrow strip of soil across the pavement at center. In the foreground, a collection of wheelbarrows can be seen at center, while at right an automobile is parked facing away from the viewer.; 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 Men surveying flood damage in Los Angeles, 1938

Subject floodplains (adlf), Floods (lcsh), 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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2282

Identifier 41523 (accession number), CHS-41523 (call number), CHS-41523 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3211 (legacy record id), chs-m2282 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2343 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3211

Unique identifier UC120259

Legacy Identifier CHS-41523.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 21.3 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
54.2 cm × 42.1 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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