Trucks driving down flooded street, Compton [1927?]

Item Overview

Title
Trucks driving down flooded street, Compton [1927?]
Date Created
[1927?]
Publisher
Los Angeles Times
Language
No linguistic content
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Notes
Description
View of trucks driving down a flooded street. The front truck carries 2 trailers, the front one covered with a large tarp, and has a sign reading "Pioneer Truck Co." A sign painted on a building reads "Compton Iron-Metal Salvage." Houses are in the background on the right.
Caption
Text from negative sleeve: Floods, Compton

Physical Description

Extent
1 photograph
Medium
b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Location
Compton (Calif.)
Resource type
still image
Subjects
Floods--California--Compton
Storms--California--Compton

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Repository
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier
uclamss_1429_2419
ARK
ark:/21198/zz002dddcx
Manifest url
IIIF Manifest

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Rights statement
copyrighted
Rights Holder
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Rights Country
US
Funding Note
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
License
Creative Commons License
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