1938 - Flood Damage

A man stands in the mud and debris near Alameda and Olive after a storm as a car drives by. Sanford's Grocery at 3115 W Olive Ave and a gas station are visible. Notes on this photo and another from the same shoot alternately give the year as 1938 and 1947. "Flood damage. Alameda Ave. Burbank where it crosses Olive Ave. 1938"; "File: Storm Drains"; and "Return to Engineering Dept."--back of photo.

W Olive Ave & W Alameda Ave, Burbank, CA 91505

Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Streets--Roads
Automobiles
Natural Disasters--Floods
Electric lines--Poles and towers
Service stations
Gasoline pumps
1930s

7½ x 9½ b&w print

Burbank Public Library, Burbank in Focus Office

cco01091

City Clerk's Office