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.
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
A very similar photograph has the caption: General view of Los Angeles River at point where Glendale bridge was washed out...Several of the houses pictured above have been carried away since this photo was taken. (Panorama by George R. Watson, Staff Photographer) [Los Angeles Times 17 Feb. 1927: A3].
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.