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<i>American Legion Hall damaged by flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934</i>
Photographer: Los Angeles Times (courtesy of the Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA)
Taken: 1934
Caption: American Legion Hall damaged by flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934
Additional Description: "In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. 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 Caņada, La Crescenta, Montrose and Tujunga. Scores of people were killed, and hundreds were left homeless....View of the American Legion Hall, damaged by flood and mudslide....The mudslide crashed into the back of the building and filled it with mud and rocks. The building was located at the intersection of Fairway Ave. and Rosemont Ave."
Submitted: June 1, 2019.
Database Locator Identification Number: p477414
File Size: 0.385 Megabytes

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