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.
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