Remains of a washed-out bridge over the Los Angeles River, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Remains of a washed-out bridge over the Los Angeles River, 1936

Date Created

February 1936

Date

1936-02

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Large splinters and beams of wood stick out of the muddy edifice and narrow river underneath the ruins. Three people can be seen looking at the scene from the top of the road.
Photograph appears with the headline, "Torrents Undermine Bridge Over Los Angeles River," Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb 1936: 3.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 3667 - Rhodes Ave Bridge - over L.A. River - Washed out 2/14/36 Box 1 2/19/36
Text from newspaper caption: Its supporting timbers weakened by heavy torrents caused by the recent storm, the wooden bridge spanning the Los Angeles river on Rhodes avenue one block north of Ventura Boulevard collapsed yesterday. Here is the result.
Handwritten on negative: Bridge out. Rhodes Ave. Ventura 2/16/36

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Location

Los Angeles River (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Debris--California--Los Angeles
Storms--California--Los Angeles
Bridges--California--Los Angeles