Joseph Whitman shows the damage caused by a mudslide that swept into his home in Benedict Canyon, Calif., 1959

Item Overview

Title: Joseph Whitman shows the damage caused by a mudslide that swept into his home in Benedict Canyon, Calif., 1959
Date Created: January 7, 1959
Date: 1959-01-07
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Caption: MUD SLIDE-Joseph Whitman, standing on mass of mud covering a sofa, shows Jean Mockridge, 12, a neighbor, the damage caused by river of mud that swept into his Benedict Canyon home during storm.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 photograph
Dimensions: 10 x 12.5 cm.
Medium: b&w negative

Keywords

Genre: news photographs
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Buildings--Natural disaster effects--California--Los Angeles
Disaster
Landslides--California--Los Angeles County
Environment

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Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclalat_1429_b370_114480-1
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002nxxp
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