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

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, “Elysian Park’s Splitting Mountain Torn by New Avalanches,” Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov 1936: 1, 10.
Date:: November 27, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Tandy, Bill
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A landslide caused by rumbling mountains deposited tons of debris onto Riverside Drive near the Los Angeles River bed in Elysian Park.
Date:: November 27, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Tandy, Bill
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Aerial view of the Elysian Park landslide. The landslide started near the top of Buena Vista Peak as a small crack in the earth. The crack began separating at a rate of about half an inch every 24 hours, then became a meandering zig-zag, and finally a landslide on November 26, 1937. During the landslide 1,500,000 tons of loose rock and dirt tumbled down the hill and onto a 600 foot stretch of Riverside Drive. The disaster caused rerouting of traffic and attracted thousands of spectators. Because the initial crack was identified early, damage and injuries were largely avoided
Date:: November 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Photo appears with the article "Creep testing," Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 1969: B11.
Date:: March 6, 1969
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Meandering crack that led to a landslide in Elysian Park. The landslide started near the top of Buena Vista Peak as a small crack in the earth. The crack began separating at a rate of about half an inch every 24 hours, then became this meandering zig-zag, and finally a landslide on November 26, 1937. During the landslide 1,500,000 tons of loose rock and dirt tumbled down the hill and onto a 600 foot stretch of Riverside Drive. The disaster caused rerouting of traffic and attracted thousands of spectators. Because the initial crack was identified early, damage and injuries were largely avoided
Date:: November 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Barricades regulate the crowds that have come to view the aftermath of a landslide in Elysian Park. The landslide started near the top of Buena Vista Peak as a small crack in the earth. The crack began separating at a rate of about half an inch every 24 hours, then became a meandering zig-zag, and finally a landslide on November 26, 1937. During the landslide 1,500,000 tons of loose rock and dirt tumbled down the hill and onto a 600 foot stretch of Riverside Drive. The disaster caused rerouting of traffic and attracted thousands of spectators. Because the initial crack was identified early, damage and injuries were largely avoided
Date:: November 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Debris blocks portion of the Pacific Coast Highway after a landslide occurs in Topanga Canyon.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Men examine debris from a landslide that fell onto the road. The location of the landslide was not noted.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Device monitoring the movements of a fissure in Elysian Park that would turn into a landslide. Device includes a watch, metal rods on either side of the crack, and a note that reads: "Watch your step - set at 11:30 AM." The landslide at the top of Buena Vista peak as this small crack in the earth. The crack began separating at a rate of about half an inch every 24 hours, then became a meandering zig-zag, and finally a landslide on November 26, 1937. During the landslide 1,500,000 tons of loose rock and dirt tumbled down the hill and onto a 600 foot stretch of Riverside Drive. The disaster caused rerouting of traffic and attracted thousands of spectators. Because the initial crack was identified early, damage and injuries were largely avoided
Date:: November 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Image that accompanies caption in print is alternate photograph present on the same negative in file.
Date:: circa March 3, 1969
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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