The Big Hole in the Reservoir Wall--Water pours through a big break in the wall of a hilltop reservoir in Los Angeles today. This picture was made from below the dam, after the earthen wall gave way sending a giant wall of mud and water over an exclusive residential area.

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Title:
The Big Hole in the Reservoir Wall--Water pours through a big break in the wall of a hilltop reservoir in Los Angeles today. This picture was made from below the dam, after the earthen wall gave way sending a giant wall of mud and water over an exclusive residential area.
Title (alt.):
Floods
Description:
[Information from item housing] Floods: 1963: Wirephotos
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. December 1963]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Floods
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 207 x 255 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/n5841t39q
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001184_0030
Barcode:
39999088103237