Automobile covered in mud left by January flood waters, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Item Overview

Title

Automobile covered in mud left by January flood waters, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Date Created

January 2, 1934

Date

1934-01-02

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

View of 2 women standing next to a car trapped in mud from the flood and landslide resulting from a devastating rain storm. The car has been partially dug out from the mud. Another car and houses are in the background.
In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. Two floods followed the next year. In late December, a series of storms dropped 12 inches of rain. On New Year's Eve, heavy rains led to sporadic flooding. Around midnight, mountain hillsides collapsed sending millions of tons of mud into the Crescenta Valley neighborhoods below. More than 400 homes were destroyed in La Cañada, La Crescenta, Montrose and Tujunga. Scores of people were killed, and hundreds were left homeless. Another rainstorm on October 17 caused additional flooding and damage, but no deaths.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Raging Flood Leaves Mantle of Mud Over Streets and Yards in La Crescenta Area: Scenes In Wake of Disastrous Storm...Below is one of many cars caught in the swirling waters and covered with mud. The car actually stands on the pavement of Montrose avenue [Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 1934: A1]
Text from negative sleeve: Floods, LA. Crescenta

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Location

La Crescenta-Montrose (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Flood damage--California--La Crescenta-Montrose
Landslides--California--La Crescenta-Montrose