FINAL PHOTOS IN THE RECENT NORTH HOLLYWOOD FLOOD OF 1938 COLLECTION

2009 - The Year of Valley History
Photo 1265 -North Hollywood Flood of 1938 - Photo gift to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from the Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce - December 2009 (click on images to enlarge)
Riverside and Tujunga looking North

Photo 1264 -North Hollywood Flood of 1938 - Photo gift to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from the Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce - December 2009 (click on images to enlarge) Colfax and Ventura looking East to Mount Cahuenga.


Photo 1259 -North Hollywood Flood of 1938 - Photo gift to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from the Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce - December 2009 (click on images to enlarge)
Chandler and Vantage looking Southeast toward Mount Cahunega.

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More Flood Photos

2009 The Year of Valley History
Photo donated to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by the Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce - December 2009
Photo 1257 Colfax and Ventura looking West (click on images to enlarge)

1938 Flood North Hollywood - Photo donated to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by the Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce - December 2009 Photo 1263 Riverside and Tujunga looking North

Photo 1256- Photo donated to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by the Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce - December 2009
Photo 1250 Colfax and Ventura looking North

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MORE OF THE GREAT FLOOD OF 1938

2009 the Year of Valley History
Photo 1253 1938 Flood Riverside and Tujunga South West - Photograph donated to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by the Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce - December 2009 (click on images to enlarge)

Photo 1252 - Photograph donated to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by the Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce - December 2009 - Looking Northwest at Magnolia and Westpark.

Bridges in danger - 1938 North Hollywood Flood - Photograph donated to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by the Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce - December 2009

Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Adds to The Museum's Archives

22009 - The Year of Valley History
Photo 1262 - Unidentified Workman Surveys Pipeline Damage - Donation to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by the Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce - December 2009. (click on image to enlarge)
The danger working around the damage from the Flood of 1938 is very apparent in this one of a kind photograph.
Photo 1261
Refuge Tent - The Great North Hollywood Flood of 1938 - Donation to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by the Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce - December 2009. (click on image to enlarge)
For those of us who endured the great Northridge Earthquake, the idea of refugees in the Valley isn't all that far fetched. This photograph tells many stories, including the formality of that time in America. It was an era when folks got dressed up to ride on airplanes and gosh - to stand in a refuge tent?
Photo 1260 - Coldwater Canyon Bridge at Ventura looking East - The Great North Hollywood Flood of 1938 - Donation to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by the Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce - December 2009. (click on image to enlarge)

A special thank you to the members of the Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce for adding these priceless photographs of San Fernando Valley history to The Museum's archives. The Chamber has been always right here for The Museum during these formative years.

1938 Flood in North Hollywood - Photo Collection Received

Photo 1258
1938 Flood Magnolia and Westpark looking South West - Donation to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from the Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce - December 2009
Click on this image to get the full impact of the raging Tujunga Wash during the March 1938, North Hollywood Flood.
Photo 1255
1938 Flood Colfax and Ventura looking North - Donation to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from the Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce - December 2009
The Los Angeles River's massive attack on the bridges of the San Fernando Valley and the land supporting riverside homes is clearly seen - (click on image to enlarge)
Photo 1254
March 1938 Flood Riverside and Tujunga looking West Donation to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from the Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce - December 2009
Home collapses into the Tujunga Wash in the great North Hollywood Flood of 1938