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Flooded-out drainage ditch, 1938
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Flooded-out drainage ditch, 1938
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Description
Photograph of a flooded-out drainage ditch, 1938. Water flows over the cracks of the ground below at center. The water continues into the background where it curves out of view to the right. Trees stand along the left edge while a home stands in danger in the left foreground. A larger building stands next to electrical poles in the right background. Electrical lines hang over head in the foreground.
Asset Metadata
Title
Flooded-out drainage ditch, 1938
Subject
Bridges
(lcsh),
buildings
(adlf),
Floods
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Floods -- 1938
(file heading),
Los Angeles -- Floods -- Unclassified
(file heading),
Motion picture studios
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Burbank
(city or populated place),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
San Fernando Valley
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1938
Type
images
Format
15 photographs : photoprints, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1938
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-m18192
Identifier
44198 (
accession number
), CHS-44198 (
call number
), CHS-44198 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-18189 (
legacy record id
), chs-m18192 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-2568 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
18189
Unique identifier
UC113730
Legacy Identifier
CHS-44198.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
21.4 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
54.5 cm × 41.9 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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