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Men surveying flood damage in Los Angeles, 1938
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Men surveying flood damage in Los Angeles, 1938
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Description
Photograph of men surveying flood damage in Los Angeles, 1938. At center, several men stand on the side of a slab of pavement that appears to be a road. In the foreground and background, mud and piles of soil can be seen, along with a narrow strip of soil across the pavement at center. In the foreground, a collection of wheelbarrows can be seen at center, while at right an automobile is parked facing away from the viewer.; Photoprint reads: "Thompson Photo Service: 1917 12th Street Santa Monica Calif." and "This Photograph is Loaned to You. Please return to: Illustrator. L.A. City Planning Dept. Rm. 361 F City Hall, Los Angeles, California".
Asset Metadata
Title
Men surveying flood damage in Los Angeles, 1938
Subject
floodplains
(adlf),
Floods
(lcsh),
Los Angeles -- Floods -- 1938
(file heading),
Los Angeles -- Floods -- Unclassified
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1938
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1938
Contributor
Prejza, Paul
(donor)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2282
Identifier
41523 (
accession number
), CHS-41523 (
call number
), CHS-41523 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-m2282 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-2343 (
legacy record id
), chs-c65-3211 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
3211
Unique identifier
UC120259
Legacy Identifier
CHS-41523.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
21.3 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
54.2 cm × 42.1 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Date Created
1860 to 1960