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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 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

View from the Los Feliz bridge of flood-control construction in the Los Angeles River valley, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: View from the Los Feliz bridge of flood-control construction in the Los Angeles River valley. Construction included building rock-lined levees along the river's curves to deepen and widen the channel and new concrete channels which would confine winter run-off water
Date:: 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

View from the Los Feliz bridge of flood-control construction in the Los Angeles River valley, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: View from the Los Feliz bridge of flood-control construction in the Los Angeles River valley. Construction included building rock-lined levees along the river's curves to deepen and widen the channel and new concrete channels which would confine winter run-off water
Date:: 1937
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 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

Los Angeles River during rainstorm flooding, Los Angeles County, 1927

Description:: View of the Los Angeles River and steep earthen bank during rainstorm flooding
Date:: February 1927
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

Norwalk bridge spanning the San Gabriel River swollen with rainstorm flooding, [Norwalk?], 1927

Description:: Text from newspaper caption for another image of the Norwalk bridge during this storm: Valiant effforts to save the Norwalk bridge over the San Gabriel from the rampaging waters were being made late yesterday. Photo shows a truck employed in removing debris obstructing channel. (Times photo.) [Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 1927: A3]
Date:: February 16, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
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

Fallen bridge over the Los Angeles River [?], [Los Angeles?], 1927

Description:: View of what appears to be a fallen bridge with wooden railings over the Los Angeles River during or after a violent rain storm. A group of men wearing high boots is next to the bridge.
Date:: February 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Know Your City No.151 Los Angeles River looking north beneath the 7th St. Bridge toward the 6th St. Bridge.

Description:: ANSWER: Yep, it's the Los Angeles River, all right--Looking north beneath the 7th St. Bridge toward the 6th St. Bridge. That shiny stuff in the picture, incidentally, is water.
Date:: April 17, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles River during rainstorm flooding, Los Angeles County, 1927

Description:: View of the Los Angeles River during rainstorm flooding. A fence is visible on the left and a bridge, possibly, is in the background.
Date:: February 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles River and a wooden bridge during rainstorm flooding, Compton, 1927

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

Construction on Los Angeles River Channel between 23rd St. and Downey Road in Vernon, Calif., 1938

Date:: December 2, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Los Angeles River flooded with torrential rain, [Compton?], 1927

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

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 filled with a muddy torrent after a rainstorm, Los Feliz (Los Agneles), 1969

Description:: Photo appears with the article "Mudslides kill 9; rain damage grows," Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 1969: 1.
Date:: circa January 26, 1969
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

Los Angeles River flooded by torrential rain seen from the Compton Bridge, Compton, 1927

Date:: February 15, 1927
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 storm flooding
Date:: February 16, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Workers building framing for concrete and digging during reconstruction of Los Angeles River, Calif., 1938

Date:: April 28, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles River following a flood, Los Angeles, 1933

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

View of the Los Angeles River during rainstorm flooding, South Gate, 1927

Description:: View of the churning Los Angeles River, possibly from a low bridge, during rainstorm flooding. Electric utility towers span the river and 2 can be seen on small platforms in the river. An empty platform is in the river in the right middle ground.
Date:: February 16, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bridge spanning the Los Angeles River during rainstorm flooding, Compton, 1927

Description:: Another image of this bridge has "Compton bridge" handwritten on the negative (id no. uclamss_1429_2371).
Date:: February 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

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

View from the Los Feliz bridge of flood-control construction in the Los Angeles River valley, Los Angeles, 1937

View from the Los Feliz bridge of flood-control construction in the Los Angeles River valley, Los Angeles, 1937

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

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

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

Los Angeles River during rainstorm flooding, Los Angeles County, 1927

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

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

Norwalk bridge spanning the San Gabriel River swollen with rainstorm flooding, [Norwalk?], 1927

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

Fallen bridge over the Los Angeles River [?], [Los Angeles?], 1927

Know Your City No.151 Los Angeles River looking north beneath the 7th St. Bridge toward the 6th St. Bridge.

Los Angeles River during rainstorm flooding, Los Angeles County, 1927

Los Angeles River and a wooden bridge during rainstorm flooding, Compton, 1927

Construction on Los Angeles River Channel between 23rd St. and Downey Road in Vernon, Calif., 1938

Los Angeles River flooded with torrential rain, [Compton?], 1927

Los Angeles River following a flood, Los Angeles, 1933

Los Angeles River filled with a muddy torrent after a rainstorm, Los Feliz (Los Agneles), 1969

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

Los Angeles River flooded by torrential rain seen from the Compton Bridge, Compton, 1927

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

Workers building framing for concrete and digging during reconstruction of Los Angeles River, Calif., 1938

Los Angeles River following a flood, Los Angeles, 1933

View of the Los Angeles River during rainstorm flooding, South Gate, 1927

Bridge spanning the Los Angeles River during rainstorm flooding, Compton, 1927

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