Santa Anita Dam, viewed from the trail above it, Monrovia, about 1935

Item Overview

Title

Santa Anita Dam, viewed from the trail above it, Monrovia, about 1935

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

[circa 1935]

Date

1935

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of the north side of the Santa Anita Dam wall as viewed from above in Santa Anita Canyon. Trees and brush line the canyon wall along the right side of the image. Santa Anita Creek flows below from the left and into the mid-ground where the dam wall stands. The dam is viewed on a tilted angle. It stretches on an arc from left to right across the canyon. Beyond the dam, canyon walls rise in the distance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1223. Santa Anita Canyon, about 1935. Gene Velzy had a cabin up in the canyon and Glen Velzy and I went up, with some other fellows to open the trout season. It was the spring after the big flood in the canyon. We had to hike in from below the dam. 1. The Santa Anita canyon dam from the trail above it. 2. A resort. Can't tell now whether First Water or Hoegee Camp. 3. The stream in the canyon. The flood ma [sic] made a new channel and it ran right thru the trees. 4. A dandy pool in the big rocks. It's [sic] size may be judged from the size of the man fishing off the rock on the right side. He is sitting down. 4 films

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Location

California--Monrovia

Longitude

34.18446

Latitude

-118.019652

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Dams--California--Monrovia
Canyons--California--Monrovia
Streams--California--Monrovia
Angeles National Forest (Calif.)