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Remains of the failed Saint Francis Dam, San Francisquito Canyon (Calif.), 1928

Description:
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Remains of the failed Saint Francis Dam, San Francisquito Canyon (Calif.), 1928

Edward E. Sweeney with two unidentified men, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Edward E. Sweeney (left) , former land and tax agent for the Southern California Gas Company, most likely when he was on trial for embezzlement, forgery, and grand theft. He is walking with two unidentified men. Reported in "BRIBERY MADE THEFT DEFENSE: E. E. Sweeney Says Money Went to Officials Missing $190,000 Purchased Favors, Court Told Gas Company Head Denied ex-Employee's Charges," Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 1928: A1.
Date:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Edward E. Sweeney with two unidentified men, Los Angeles, 1928

Home of murder victim Jacob Denton, Los Angeles, 1920-1921

Description:
Louise Peete was convicted on Feb. 5, 1921 of first-degree murder in the death of Jacob Denton. She served 18 years in San Quentin before being released. In 1945 she was convicted of a second murder, this time of Margaret Logan, a wealthy woman who had supported Peete while she was in prison. For the second murder she was given the death penalty, and in 1947 became the second woman to be executed in California.
Date:
[between 1920-1921]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Home of murder victim Jacob Denton, Los Angeles, 1920-1921

Men and children in a relief camp for flood victims following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Description:
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:
March 1928
1928-03
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Men and children in a relief camp for flood victims following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Flood relief workers outside a Victorian building after the flood resulting from the failure of the St. Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley, 1928

Description:
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Flood relief workers outside a Victorian building after the flood resulting from the failure of the St. Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley, 1928

"Treasure Ship" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:
The "Treasure Ship" float with a Spanish galleon bearing golden gifts; the intended inhabitants of the float were driven away by the rain. The Pasadena Memorial Flagpole (Goodhue Flagpole) is visible behind the float in its original location in the middle of the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevard. The float was entered by the Hotel Vista del Arroyo.
Date:
January 1, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Treasure Ship" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Storm-flooded Beverly Blvd. at the intersection with Lake St., Los Angeles, circa 1927-1939

Description:
Photograph of storm-flooded intersection of Beverly Boulevard and Lake Street. Several automobiles and a bus are traveling through the floodwater on the street. Commercial signs read "Pacific Duco Auto Finishing," "Broadway Hill and Seventh presents...Frances Denney's Herbal Throat and Neck Blend, Corrects 'Crepey' Throat," "Grace Tabernacle...," "Pasadena laundry, 20% off on Laundry Left Here," "Van de Kamps Bakers," and on the bus "E..s Railway 2011."
Date:
[circa 1927-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Storm-flooded Beverly Blvd. at the intersection with Lake St., Los Angeles, circa 1927-1939