Subject: Floods--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Aerial view of flood water moving down a river in North Hollywood after a major flood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of rushing flood waters flowing underneath a bridge in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of rushing flood waters destroying homes and crops in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of rushing flood waters destroying homes in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of flooded crops and homes in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of flooded crops and homes in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of flooded crops and homes in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of rushing flood waters traveling through crops in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of rushing flood waters traveling through crops in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of flood devastation in hilly area of North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of hilly area of North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of rushing flood waters in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of rushing flood waters in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of rushing flood waters in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of rushing flood waters in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of flooded crops in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of flooded crops in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of flooded crops in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of flooded crops in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of flooded crops in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of flooded crops in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of flooded neighborhoods and crops in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of rushing flood waters destroying homes and crops in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of rushing flood waters destroying homes in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of rushing flood waters destroying homes in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of rushing flood waters destroying homes in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of rushing flood waters in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of rushing flood waters in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of flood devastation in the hills of North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Fallen tree lands on vehicle after flood, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Fallen tree on vehicle as a result of disastrous flood in Los Angeles neighborhood.
Date:: December 13-14, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Vehicles cross flood waters at Manchester and Central, Los Angeles, March 1935

Description:: Vehicles cross flood waters at Manchester and Central in March 1935.
Date:: March 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Vehicles cross flood waters at 7th and Wall Street, 1935

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

Channel for flood waters, Los Angeles, 1934

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

Two boys play with a toy sailboat in a flooded street caused by heavy rainstorms, January 1940

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

Automobile drives through a flooded street caused by heavy rainstorms, January 1940

Description:: A car attempts to drive through flooding at W. 57th and 11th Avenue 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

Automobiles drive through flooded streets caused by heavy rainstorms, January 1940

Description:: Cars try to navigate flooding at W. 54th and 5th Avenue 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

Young boy stands in a flooded street caused by heavy rainstorms, January 1940

Description:: A young boy stands in floodwaters at W. 54th and 5th Avenue 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

Aerial view of flooded neighborhoods and crops in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of flooded neighborhoods and crops in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of rushing flood waters moving down the Los Angeles River in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of rushing flood waters destroying homes in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of rushing flood waters destroying homes in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of Los Angeles River after a major flood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of Los Angeles River after a major flood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Men work to repair a bridge taken out in the record-breaking rainfall of December 31, 1933.

Description:: Men work to repair a bridge taken out in the record-breaking rainfall of December 31, 1933. Bridge possibly located near or on Lemoyne street, based on partially-obscured sign present in picture.
Date:: December 31, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Homes and palm trees underwater after flooding in the Venice area, circa January 1, 1934.

Description:: Homes and palm trees underwater in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles. After heavy rains lasting more than 36 hours, between 1200 and 1800 homes in the Venice area were underwater on January 1, 1934.
Date:: [circa Jan. 1, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Automobile drives through flooding on Hill St., Los Angeles, December 1937

Description:: Automobile drives through flooding on Hill St. in Los Angeles. Heavy rains plagued California throughout December 1937. Also in the photo is a Los Angeles Railway car and Hotel Latour
Date:: December 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Fallen tree lands on vehicle after flood, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Fallen tree on vehicle as a result of disastrous flood in Los Angeles neighborhood.
Date:: December 13-14, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Flood waters in rocky channel, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Flood waters flow through a channel of rocks.
Date:: between December 13-14, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Workers use heavy equipment after flood, Los Angeles, Dec. 1934

Description:: Unidentified workers use heavy equipment, possibly a steam shovel or an excavator, to fix flood damage.
Date:: December 13-14, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Homes submerged in floodwaters, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Homes submerged in floodwaters. The location of the flood is unknown.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Group gathered at flooded streets caused by heavy rainstorms, January 1940

Description:: A group gathered at the corner of W. 54th and 5th Avenue looking at flooding caused by 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

Burst fire hydrant flooding 1st and Main St. in downtown Los Angeles, circa 1940

Description:: Crowd gathered to see a burst fire hydrant at 1st and Main St. in downtown Los Angeles. Water is spraying from the base of the hydrant and flooding the street
Date:: [1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Burst fire hydrant flooding 1st and Main St. in downtown Los Angeles, circa 1940

Description:: Crowd gathered to see a burst fire hydrant at 1st and Main St. in downtown Los Angeles. Water is spraying from the base of the hydrant and flooding the street
Date:: [1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Workers use heavy equipment after flood, Los Angeles, Dec. 1934

Description:: Unidentified workers use heavy equipment, possibly a steam shovel or an excavator, to fix flood damage.
Date:: December 13-14, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Men pose with fallen tree on vehicle after flood, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Men pose with fallen tree on vehicle as a result of disastrous flood in Los Angeles neighborhood.
Date:: December 13-14, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Channel for flood waters, Los Angeles, 1934

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

Aerial view of flooded neighborhoods and crops in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of flooded neighborhoods and crops in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of flooded neighborhoods and crops in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of flooded neighborhoods and crops in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of flooded homes in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of flooded homes in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of rushing flood waters moving down the Los Angeles River in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of rushing flood waters moving down the Los Angeles River in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: View shows destroyed bridge. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of rushing flood waters moving down a river in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of rushing flood waters moving down a river in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of flooded neighborhoods and crops in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of flooded neighborhoods and crops in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of flood water moving down a river and destroying crops in North Hollywood after a major flood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of rushing flood waters destroying crops in North Hollywood. Bridge visible at bottom of photograph. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of flood water moving down a river in North Hollywood after a major flood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of flooded neighborhoods and crops in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of flooded neighborhoods and crops in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of flooded homes in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of flooded homes in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Aerial view of flooded crops in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Aerial view of flooded crops in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:: March 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Automobiles drive through flooded streets caused by heavy rainstorms, January 1940

Description:: Cars attempt to navigate flooding at W. 54th and 5th Avenue 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

Automobiles drive through flooding at McKinley Ave. and Manchester Ave., Los Angeles, February 25, 1940

Description:: Automobiles drive through flooding caused by an unexpected downpour at McKinley and Manchester Avenues
Date:: February 25, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Automobile drives through flooding at McKinley Ave. and Manchester Ave., Los Angeles, February 25, 1940

Description:: Automobile drives through flooding caused by an unexpected downpour at McKinley and Manchester Avenues
Date:: February 25, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Flooded intersection of 8th and Broadway during torrential rainstorm, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: View of a policeman wearing a long raincoat and uniform cap watching two pedestrians cross the flooded intersection of Eighth Street and Broadway during a rainstorm. Automobiles are parked along the curb
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

West First St. and Juanita Ave. flooded by a rainstorm, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: View of automobiles driving through the flooded intersection at West First Street and Juanita Avenue. A billboard in the background reads "Ben-Hur Coffee."
Date:: February 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Rainstorm flooding in the area of Wilshire Boulevard and Mariposa Avenue, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: View of a "geyser" manhole flooding in a open field in the area of Wilshire Boulevard and Mariposa Avenue during a torrential rainstorm
Date:: February 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Bridge over the Los Angeles river at Dark Canyon Drive that was washed away by a flood, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: "Dark Canyon Bridge leading to First National studios, out...," reported in "SCORES OF BRIDGES GO OUT: Most of Damage in City and Environs Done to Old Wooden Spans as Others Stand Up," Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 1927: 2.
Date:: February 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

San Fernando Boulevard covered in debris from flooding caused by heavy rains, Burbank, 1928

Description:: The photo appears with the article "HEAVY STORM NEARS END: Raging Deluge Causes Great Damage in Burbank and Many Los Angeles Areas Flooded," Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 1928: A1.
Date:: November 14, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Storm-flooded intersection of 47th and Figueroa, Los Angeles, [circa 1927-1939]

Description:: Photograph of the deserted intersection of West 47th Street and South Figueroa Street flooded by a rainstorm. An automobile is parked on the right and a 2-story house is on the left.
Date:: [circa 1927-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Glendale bridge destroyed by storm flooding in the Los Angeles River, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: View of the Glendale bridge on the Los Angeles River in the Atwater Village area, near Glendale, after it was destroyed by torrential rainstorm flooding.
Date:: February 16, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles River from the Main Street Bridge during rainstorm flooding, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Onlookers on the Main Street Bridge gaze out over the wooden railing towards the Los Angeles River, swollen with flood water from a torrential rain storm
Date:: February 16, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Rain-flooded intersection at Sixth and Catalina Streets, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: View towards automobiles driving down Catalina Street, flooded with rainwater at the intersection with 6th Street.
Date:: February 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Typescript describing actress Lona Andre navigating Paramount Studios by rowboat during a rainstorm, 1933

Description:: Typescript, probably a press release, about a rainstorm and how actress Lona Andre navigated Paramount Studios by rowboat.
Date:: January 16, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Storm-flooded intersection of 47th and Figueroa, Los Angeles, [circa 1927-1939]

Description:: Photograph of the deserted intersection of West 47th Street and South Figueroa Street flooded by a rainstorm. Automobiles, blurred in movement, have their headlights on.
Date:: [circa 1927-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ingledale Terrace flooded during storm, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: A close-up view of the house on right was published with the caption: Flood Waters Following Unusual Downpour Cut Traffic Arteries. A front yard on Engledale [sic] Terrace on the north side of the raging Los Angeles River (Times photo.) [Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 1927: A3]
Date:: February 16, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Rain-flooded intersection at Sixth and Catalina Streets, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: View down 6th street from Catalina Street
Date:: February 15, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Glendale bridge destroyed by a storm flooding in the Los Angeles River, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Text from newspaper caption for another image of the bridge: The Glendale bridge on Glendale Boulevard went out just before noon yesterday, cutting a main traffic artery. Photo taken from west end of break (Times photo.) [Los Angeles Times 17 Feb. 1927: A3].
Date:: February 16, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Automobile at flooded intersection of Yosemite Dr. and Eagle Rock Blvd. in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:: Caption for a related photograph: Downpour Results in Occasional Street Floods. Water Collected at Eagle Rock Boulevard and Yosemite Drive [Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 1929: A1]
Date:: April 4, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Automobiles in flood water at 11th and Vernon Avenues, los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Photograph of two automobiles and a truck stopped in flood water that almost reaches the tops of the wheels at the intersection of Eleventh and Vernon Avenues. One man stands on the hood of a car. Three other cars are approaching the intersection in lower flood water. They are in an area with open fields.
Date:: February 1927
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

Description:: Photograph of storm-flooded Beverly Boulevard from the intersection with Lake Street facing NW. Several automobiles are traveling through the floodwater on the street. Signs on commercial buildings read "Caltex Sportswear Retail," "Snowdrift for Cake, Biscuit, pastry..., We lock in all it's [sic] goodness [and] give you the key," "Chevrolet, Now on display, 2 New Chevrolets, Choose Chevrolet for quality at low cost," "Associated Class Co.," and "Catherine The Valiant,"
Date:: [circa 1927-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Boat with children is pulled across flooded Topanga Creek by a cable, Topanga, 1969

Description:: Photo appears with the article "Southland floods isolate thousands," Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 1969: A1.
Date:: circa January 27, 1969
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Kennedy, Joe
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

West First St. and Juanita Ave. flooded by a rainstorm, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: View of a tow truck connected to an automobile with a rope at the flooded intersection at West First Street and Juanita Avenue. A man next to the car has the hood up and is looking at the engine. Signs on the truck read "Transfer" and "Express."
Date:: February 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Automobile trapped in flood in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Automobile trapped in flood created by torrential rain in Laurel Canyon
Date:: February 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Flooded intersection of 7th and Broadway during torrential rainstorm, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: View of pedestrians on the sidewalk at the flooded intersection of Seventh Street and Broadway during a rainstorm.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Debris from a bridge over the Los Angeles River at Dark Canyon Drive that was washed away by a flood, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: The flood having receded, people are seen walking in the river bed. "Dark Canyon Bridge leading to First National studios, out...," reported in "SCORES OF BRIDGES GO OUT: Most of Damage in City and Environs Done to Old Wooden Spans as Others Stand Up," Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 1927: 2.
Date:: 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bridge over the Los Angeles river at Dark Canyon Drive that was washed away by a flood, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: "Dark Canyon Bridge leading to First National studios, out...," reported in "SCORES OF BRIDGES GO OUT: Most of Damage in City and Environs Done to Old Wooden Spans as Others Stand Up," Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 1927: 2.
Date:: February 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Muddy street after flooding caused by heavy rains, Burbank, 1928

Description:: Automobile on a wide, muddy street with street lights on the left, a house on the right, and mountains in the background.
Date:: November 14, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Road with broken pavement after a flood caused by heavy rain, Los Angeles, 1027

Description:: A sawhorse and wooden frame on a road warn drivers of broken pavement section caused by flooding from heavy rains. A car is parked on the road and a small dog looks up at the camera.
Date:: 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Flooded street in a residential area with two houses after heavy rains, Burbank, 1928

Date:: November 14, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bridge over the Los Angeles river at Dark Canyon Drive that was washed away by a flood, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: "Dark Canyon Bridge leading to First National studios, out...," reported in "SCORES OF BRIDGES GO OUT: Most of Damage in City and Environs Done to Old Wooden Spans as Others Stand Up," Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 1927: 2.
Date:: February 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Flooded residential area at West 3rd Street and Gramercy place, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: Three cars travel through the flooded intersection of West 3rd street and {South?] Gramercy Place.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Flooded residential area at West 3rd Street and Gramercy place, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: Six cars travel in the flooded intersection at West 3rd street and {South?] Gramercy Place.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles County Flood Control crew monitors Ballona Creek, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Possibly related to the article, "City Streets Flooded by Heavy Downpour: UPLAND AREA CLOUD BURST INJURES TWO Drought Threat Reduced Eight-Foot Wall of Water and Mud Rushes Through Frankish Canyon," Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 1936: 1
Date:: February 12, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Ingledale Terrace flooded during storm, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Text from negative sleeve: Floods, 1927. [handwritten:] ?
Date:: February 16, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Rainstorm flooding at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Mariposa Ave., Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: View of rainstorm flooding facing north towards a house on Wilshire Boulevard at Mariposa Ave.
Date:: February 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Flooded commercial intersection after heavy rain, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: Six cars in a flooded intersection. The corner commercial building has a drug store on the ground floor and the "Grays Cravats" store on the upper floor.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Flooded open area at West Vernon and 11th Avenue, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: View of two trucks drive beside an open field in a flooded area.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Flooded open area at West Vernon and 11th Avenue, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: Three trucks drive beside an open field in a flooded area.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Flooded commercial street after heavy rain, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: On a flooded commercial street, a man kneels with a wooden box labelled "The Times." Across the street is a business sign reading "Warners Furniture Exchange."
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Flooded commercial intersection after heavy rain, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: Two cars in a flooded intersection with palm trees lining the street and with a market on the corner.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Flooded open area after heavy rain, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: Four cars drive in a flooded street beside an open field, with one pulling a trailer. Three men are on the side of the street, one with a bicycle.
Date:: 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Automobiles in flood water at 11th and Vernon Avenues, los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Photograph of three automobiles and a truck stopped in flood water that almost reaches the tops of the wheels at the intersection of Eleventh and Vernon Avenues. Four men stand on two of the cars to get out of the water. They are in an area with open fields.
Date:: February 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ingledale Terrace flooded during storm, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: A close-up view of the middle house was published with the caption: Flood Waters Following Unusual Downpour Cut Traffic Arteries. A front yard on Engledale [sic] Terrace on the north side of the raging Los Angeles River (Times photo.) [Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 1927: A3]
Date:: February 16, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ingledale Terrace flooded during storm, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: A close-up view of the house on the left was published with the caption: Flood Waters Following Unusual Downpour Cut Traffic Arteries. A front yard on Engledale [sic] Terrace on the north side of the raging Los Angeles River (Times photo.) [Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 1927: A3]
Date:: February 16, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles River following a flood, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:: View of the Sixth street viaduct on the Los Angeles River following a flood in 1933.
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles River adjacent to where the Glendale bridge was washed out by a storm flooding, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: View of houses on the Los Angeles River that were later washed away in a flood caused by a torrential rain storm. They were located next to the Glendale bridge, which was also washed out, in Atwater Village near Glendale.
Date:: February 16, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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