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Description:: An aerial view of Los Angeles during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power light, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Date:: October 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Aerial view of hilly area of North Hollywood. 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.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: An aerial view of the crowd gathered at Legion Ascot speedway for the race between Rex Mays and a champion of the smaller "midget" car, Bob Swanson. The day's program consisted of a variety of challenges, with both drivers using "big" cars and "midget" cars during different races.
Date:: August 18, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Aerial view of a neighborhood in San Pedro. Large fields are seen in the middle.
Date:: [between 1920-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Reported in "Patriotic Spectacle in State Legion Parade That Stirred Memories of World Conflict...," Los Angeles Times, 01 Sep. 1931: A1.
Date:: August 31, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: An elephant-shaped float with a sign that reads "Community Post No. 46" is viewed by a crowd of spectators. One person sits in a carriage atop the elephant. Three outwalkers are alongside the float and two ourwalkers holding shovels are behind it. The float trails a car carrying four passengers, and behind the float are followed by three more walkers, one holding a flag. Reported in "Patriotic Spectacle in State Legion Parade That Stirred Memories of World Conflict...," Los Angeles Times, 01 Sep. 1931: A1.
Date:: August 31, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A boat-shaped float ridden by about 15 passengers proceeds down Ocean Boulevard. A crowds of spectator watch it pass. Reported in "Patriotic Spectacle in State Legion Parade That Stirred Memories of World Conflict...," Los Angeles Times, 01 Sep. 1931: A1; "Ex-Soldiers Hold Parade," Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 1931: A1.
Date:: August 31, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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