Subject: Floods--California--Compton - 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:: View of rain-flooded Elm Street, with small houses on either side, towards the intersection at Tamarind St. The address of first house on the far left is probably 131 E. Elm St. A sign on a gas station in the background reads "Elm & Tamarind Service Station." An automobile is at the intersection.
Date:: [1927?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View of trucks driving down a flooded street. The front truck carries 2 trailers, the front one covered with a large tarp, and has a sign reading "Pioneer Truck Co." A sign painted on a building reads "Compton Iron-Metal Salvage." Houses are in the background on the right.
Date:: [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:: View of a rain-flooded commercial street. One commercial sign reads "Star Cafe." The water in the street is nearly as high as the curb.
Date:: February 15, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View of 2 automobiles driving down a rain-flooded commercial street. Three men stand beneath a sign reading "T.E. Whitby, General Paint Corporation."
Date:: [1927?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View of a barber wearing an apron and knee-high rain boots standing in front of his shop next to a barber pole on a rain-flooded street. A wooden plank extends from the step of the shop to the right; a weed-covered open space is on the left.
Date:: [1927?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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