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Description:: Five boys play in the water as a German Shepherd looks on. A pier is visible in the background.
Date:: [1934?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Cars cross flood waters on 7th and Wall Street in Los Angeles. Businesses pictured in background.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Construction vehicles work near a rocky flood water channel. A building appears next to the channel.
Date:: between December 13-14, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Side view of a section of the St. Francis Dam, nicknamed "The Tombstone", after the dam collapsed on March 12, 1928. The resulting flood killed over 400 people, and was considered one of the worst civil engineering failures in American history. The dam collapse caused the second greatest loss of life in California history, second only to the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. The St. Francis dam was built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon, near present-day Santa Clarita. William Mulholland was the engineer behind the dam's construction, and the dam failed just hours after he had personally given it a safety inspection, effectively ending his career.
Date:: [circa March 13, 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: View of the dilapidated buildings and unpaved streets in a Los Angeles area slum during the Great Depression
Date:: circa 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Barricades regulate the crowds that have come to view the aftermath of a landslide in Elysian Park. The landslide started near the top of Buena Vista Peak as a small crack in the earth. The crack began separating at a rate of about half an inch every 24 hours, then became a meandering zig-zag, and finally a landslide on November 26, 1937. During the landslide 1,500,000 tons of loose rock and dirt tumbled down the hill and onto a 600 foot stretch of Riverside Drive. The disaster caused rerouting of traffic and attracted thousands of spectators. Because the initial crack was identified early, damage and injuries were largely avoided
Date:: November 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Officials survey a fissure that turned into a landslide in Elysian Park. The landslide started near the top of Buena Vista Peak as a small crack in the earth. The crack began separating at a rate of about half an inch every 24 hours, then became a meandering zig-zag, and finally a landslide on November 26, 1937. During the landslide 1,500,000 tons of loose rock and dirt tumbled down the hill and onto a 600 foot stretch of Riverside Drive. The disaster caused rerouting of traffic and attracted thousands of spectators. Because the initial crack was identified early, damage and injuries were largely avoided
Date:: November 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Deputy Fire Chief Herbert A. Krumsiek and Assistant Fire Chief W.H. Augustine after Battalion Chief John H. Alderson was appointed Fire Chief to fill the spot of retiring Chief Ralph J. Scott. Alderson appointed Krumsiek to Deputy Chief; as he had only been serving as Acting Deputy Chief until this point.
Date:: March 7, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Two boys play with a toy sailboat at 57th and 10th avenue, which was flooded after disastrous storms in January of 1940. The heavy rainstorms halted traffic and caused highway and bridge damage. At least three died and many were treated for injuries
Date:: between January 8 and January 10, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Men use sandbags to protect a waterfront structure from heavy seas at Redondo Beach. In January 1940 the southern stretch of Santa Monica Bay was battered by 25-foot waves, caused by a combination of heavy rain and a mysterious sea disturbance allegedly caused by a submarine. Waves caused damage to shorefront property and at least one person was reported injured.
Date:: January 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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