Language: No linguistic content / Location: Compton (Calif.) / Subject: Los Angeles River (Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: View of the churning Los Angeles River and the wooden railing of a bridge in Compton during rainstorm flooding. Trees and a tower for electric lines are visible on the shore.
Date:: February 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Another similar photograph of the Los Angeles River during this storm is captioned: J. Pluvius Has Field Day With Los Angeles Traffic and Business. The magic of Southland rain has transformed the Los Angeles River from a streamlet to a raging torrent. The above photo was taken from the bridge at Compton. (Photos by George R. Watson, Times Staff Photographer) [Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 1927: 8].
Date:: February 15, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Another image of this bridge has "Compton bridge" handwritten on the negative (id no. uclamss_1429_2371).
Date:: February 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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