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Ramsdell Avenue after flood, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

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
Ramsdell Avenue after flood, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Ramsdell Avenue after flood, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

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
Ramsdell Avenue after flood, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Elderly residents gathering belongings after a catastrophic flood, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

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
Elderly residents gathering belongings after a catastrophic flood, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Mrs. Leola Meyers and son go through their belongings after the devestating floods, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

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
Mrs. Leola Meyers and son go through their belongings after the devestating floods, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Men working to repair damage to a road after record-breaking rainfall, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

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
Men working to repair damage to a road after record-breaking rainfall, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Men survey damage along a road caused by a flood, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

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
Men survey damage along a road caused by a flood, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Wreckage of a car along a highway after flooding due to record rainfall, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

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
Wreckage of a car along a highway after flooding due to record rainfall, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

American Legion Hall damaged by flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

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
American Legion Hall damaged by flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

House with one side torn out and gutted by a catastrophic flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
Four men look at a house with one side torn out and gutted by a catastrophic flood and mudslide (in either January or October). Two wooden beams support one corner of the house. A dry runoff channel with steep sides is next to the house and the adjacent ground is strewn with boulders left by the flood.
Date:
January 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
House with one side torn out and gutted by a catastrophic flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Crane on Honolulu Avenue clearing debris left by a catastrophic flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
Crane on Honolulu Avenue near the intersection with Orangedale Avenue loading debris from a catastrophic flood and mudslide into a dump truck on a commercial street in La Crescenta-Montrose (after the January or October flood). A sign on a comercial building reads "D. J. Barrett, Shell." The Honolulu Grocery store is on the right.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Crane on Honolulu Avenue clearing debris left by a catastrophic flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Group of people walking across a street after a catastrophic mudslide, perhaps during relief efforts, Montrose and La Crescenta, 1934

Description:
In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. Two floods followed the next year. 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. Another rainstorm on October 17 caused additional flooding and damage, but no deaths.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Group of people walking across a street after a catastrophic mudslide, perhaps during relief efforts, Montrose and La Crescenta, 1934

Automobile repair business and house damaged by the catastrophic January mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
View of an automobile repair business, with a sign reading "Auto Electrician, Generators Ignition Batteries," and house at the intersection of Honolulu Avenue and Orangedale Avenue damaged by the catastrophic January mudslide in La Crescenta-Montrose with a car in front of the house and the San Gabriel Mountains in the background. The Honolulu Grocery store is partially visible on the right.
Date:
January 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Automobile repair business and house damaged by the catastrophic January mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

American Legion Hall damaged by the January flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
View of the American Legion Hall, damaged by the January flood and mudslide. Window panes are missing. A man is standing to the right of the building. The mudslide crashed into the back of the building and filled it with mud and rocks. Twenty-five people had taken refuge in hall when the flood took out the wall. The building was located at the intersection of Fairway Ave. and Rosemont Ave.
Date:
January 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
American Legion Hall damaged by the January flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Two men on the porch of a house after a catastrophic flood and mudslide, Montrose and La Crescenta, 1934

Description:
In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. Two floods followed the next year. 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. Another rainstorm on October 17 caused additional flooding and damage, but no deaths.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Two men on the porch of a house after a catastrophic flood and mudslide, Montrose and La Crescenta, 1934

Men with shovels clearing debris after a catastrophic flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. Two floods followed the next year. 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. Another rainstorm on October 17 caused additional flooding and damage, but no deaths.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Men with shovels clearing debris after a catastrophic flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Honolulu Avenue after the catastrophic January flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. Two floods followed the next year. 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. Another rainstorm on October 17 caused additional flooding and damage, but no deaths.
Date:
January 2, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Honolulu Avenue after the catastrophic January flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Landscape with mud and rocks following a devastating flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. Two floods followed the next year. 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. Another rainstorm on October 17 caused additional flooding and damage, but no deaths.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Landscape with mud and rocks following a devastating flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

House severly damaged by a catastrophic flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. Two floods followed the next year. 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. Another rainstorm on October 17 caused additional flooding and damage, but no deaths.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
House severly damaged by a catastrophic flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Men walking down a street carrying shovels after a catastrophic mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. Two floods followed the next year. 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. Another rainstorm on October 17 caused additional flooding and damage, but no deaths.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Men walking down a street carrying shovels after a catastrophic mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

During the post flood and mudslide cleanup effort, two men look at a map, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. Two floods followed the next year. 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. Another rainstorm on October 17 caused additional flooding and damage, but no deaths.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
During the post flood and mudslide cleanup effort, two men look at a map, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Pitched roof of a house destroyed by a flood, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
View of the pitched roof of a house that was destroyed by a mudslide and flood following heavy rains (in either January or October). It is not possible to tell if the house is buried in the mud below the roof line or if the roof became detached from the house. There appears to be a jet of water streaming out of the ground.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Pitched roof of a house destroyed by a flood, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Mud deposited in a street by a catastrophic flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. Two floods followed the next year. 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. Another rainstorm on October 17 caused additional flooding and damage, but no deaths.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Mud deposited in a street by a catastrophic flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

American Legion Hall damaged by the January flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
View of bystanders outside of the American Legion Hall, damaged by flood and mudslide. Window panes are missing. The mudslide crashed into the back of the building and filled it with mud and rocks. Twenty-five people had taken refuge in hall when the flood took out the wall. The building was located at the intersection of Fairway Ave. and Rosemont Ave.
Date:
January 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
American Legion Hall damaged by the January flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Honolulu Avenue covered with debris from the October flood, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
View down Honolulu Avenue, strewn with mud and rocks after the October 17 flood. The walls of the grocery and the Auto Electrical buildings were pushed back by flood waters and mud. Beyond these buildings is the intersection at Orangedale Avenue, with more commercial buildings beyond with signs reading: "Gilmore Red Lion, Batteries, Service," "Shave 15¢, Haircut 24¢," and "5000 Hollywood, Automanx auto loans."
Date:
October 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Honolulu Avenue covered with debris from the October flood, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Men with shovels clearing mud from a street after a catastrophic mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. Two floods followed the next year. 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. Another rainstorm on October 17 caused additional flooding and damage, but no deaths.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Men with shovels clearing mud from a street after a catastrophic mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Men place sand bags in an area with storm runoff, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. Two floods followed the next year. 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. Another rainstorm on October 17 caused additional flooding. And another storm had threatened to cause flooding and damage, but no deaths.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Men place sand bags in an area with storm runoff, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Men and trucks gathered on a muddy commercial street after a devastating flood, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. Two floods followed the next year. 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. Another rainstorm on October 17 caused additional flooding and damage, but no deaths and damage, but no deaths.
Date:
1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Men and trucks gathered on a muddy commercial street after a devastating flood, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Honolulu Avenue after the catastrophic January flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Description:
In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. Two floods followed the next year. 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. Another rainstorm on October 17 caused additional flooding and damage, but no deaths.
Date:
January 2, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Honolulu Avenue after the catastrophic January flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934