Aerial view of flood water moving down a river and destroying crops in North Hollywood after a major flood, Los Angeles, 1938

Item Overview

Title
Aerial view of flood water moving down a river and destroying crops in North Hollywood after a major flood, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created
March 1938
Date
1938-03
Publisher
Los Angeles Daily News
Language
No linguistic content
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Notes
Description
Aerial view of rushing flood waters destroying crops in North Hollywood. Bridge visible at bottom of photograph. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Caption
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Aerial Views of Flood -- March 1938. In pen: North Hollywood.

Physical Description

Extent
1 photograph
Medium
b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre
news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Location
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type
still image
Subjects
Environment
Floods--California--Los Angeles
Disaster

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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