Location: La Crescenta-Montrose (Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. In late December, a series of storms dropped 12 inches of rain. On New Year's Eve, heavy rains led to sporadic flooding. Around midnight, mountain hillsides collapsed sending millions of tons of mud into the Crescenta Valley neighborhoods below. More than 400 homes were destroyed in La Cañada, La Crescenta, Montrose and Tujunga. Scores of people were killed, and hundreds were left homeless.
Date:: January 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. In late December, a series of storms dropped 12 inches of rain. On New Year's Eve, heavy rains led to sporadic flooding. Around midnight, mountain hillsides collapsed sending millions of tons of mud into the Crescenta Valley neighborhoods below. More than 400 homes were destroyed in La Cañada, La Crescenta, Montrose and Tujunga. Scores of people were killed, and hundreds were left homeless.
Date:: January 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clark take stock of their belongings after heavy storms bring devestating floods to the Montrose and La Crescenta area. The flood left 42 dead and 72 missing in its immediate aftermath, with an estimated $5 million in property damages (at 1934 prices). Some six hundred families were left in need of aid after the flooding. The storms also caused flooding in the Venice area of Los Angeles.
Date:: January 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A group of men labor to repair a road and bridge in La Crescenta after heavy rains cause damage in that area. In the subsequent days, more rain would cause further flooding, resulting in dozens of lost lives as well as further destruction in the La Crescenta/Montrose area. December 31, 1933.
Date:: January 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. In late December, a series of storms dropped 12 inches of rain. On New Year's Eve, heavy rains led to sporadic flooding. Around midnight, mountain hillsides collapsed sending millions of tons of mud into the Crescenta Valley neighborhoods below. More than 400 homes were destroyed in La Cañada, La Crescenta, Montrose and Tujunga. Scores of people were killed, and hundreds were left homeless.
Date:: [circa January 5, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A home in Montrose, located at 2629 Piedmont St., is damaged by the severe flooding in the Montrose/La Crescenta area. Items are left out to dry outside after the flood waters have receded, while a group of people stand nearby. Circa January 5, 1934.
Date:: January 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. In late December, a series of storms dropped 12 inches of rain. On New Year's Eve, heavy rains led to sporadic flooding. Around midnight, mountain hillsides collapsed sending millions of tons of mud into the Crescenta Valley neighborhoods below. More than 400 homes were destroyed in La Cañada, La Crescenta, Montrose and Tujunga. Scores of people were killed, and hundreds were left homeless
Date:: January 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. In late December, a series of storms dropped 12 inches of rain. On New Year's Eve, heavy rains led to sporadic flooding. Around midnight, mountain hillsides collapsed sending millions of tons of mud into the Crescenta Valley neighborhoods below. More than 400 homes were destroyed in La Cañada, La Crescenta, Montrose and Tujunga. Scores of people were killed, and hundreds were left homeless
Date:: January 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A wrecked car has collided with a telephone pole along the La Crescenta Highway, possibly due to the effect of flooding in that area. La Crescenta and the surrounding area experienced severe flooding after heavy, record-breaking rainfall that resulted in loss of life as well as extensive damage to land and property in the first days of 1934.
Date:: [circa Jan. 1, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Road and bridge out in the La Crescenta-Montrose district after heavy rains cause flooding in that area. December 31, 1933.
Date:: January 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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