Looking directly north up flooded Santa Anita Wash. Santa Fe Railroad Bridge can be seen upstream. There is a man in a suit and hat standing at west edge of wash. This was following heavy rains of early March 1938.
Santa Anita Wash following flooding of early 1938. View is looking west along washed-out Santa Fe Railroad tracks toward Santa Fe Bridge across Santa Anita Wash. People can be seen looking at the damage.
Looking downstream of Santa Anita Wash from east side of Santa Fe Bridge approach. In this photo the tracks and ties are seen completely suspended and a man is walking across the span. Two men are seen on extreme left side of photo.
Aerial view looking north over flooded Santa Anita Wash looking upstream. Street cutting across photo closest to bottom is Huntington Drive. The next crossing upstream carries Santa Fe Railroad track. The last crossing that is clearly visible is Pacific Electric Railroad bridge. North/south street crossing Huntington Drive nearest wash would be Fifth Avenue. Foothill Boulevard is just barely visible near top of photo.
View NW up Santa Anita Wash toward San Gabriel Mountains. Caption says this was taken from Pacific Electric Railroad tracks toward Orange Street (this is present day Colorado Street).
Looking south down stream of Santa Anita Wash. (Puente Hills can be seen in distance.) Caption of photo says picture was taken from PE Bridge and looking toward Huntington Drive Bridge.
View NW up flooded Santa Anita Wash from above East bank below Duarte Road, probably the street seen crossing photo from right to left about half way down. Nest crossing north with dark bridge, is Santa Fe Railroad tracks; next we believe to be for a pipeline; last clearly visible crossing is for Pacific Electric Railroad tracks. Photo was taken following extreme flooding in 1938.
White house and garage at left, with driveway freshly graded. On right side of photo is part of a family orchard. Caption on photo reads: NE corner of Santa Anita Wash and Longden Avenue.
View of intersection of Golden West and possibly Arcadia Avenue during heavy flooding. There are four people walking near right side of photo. There are four homes on right side of flooded street. Two cars are coming toward intersection.
Small house and garage pictured on right side of photo. The view is across field of grass toward San Gabriel Mountains in background. Dramatic clouds fill the sky. There is a bare, tall Lombardy Poplar pictured near the wash. Caption on photo says it is Santa Anita Wash, but viewer is not aware of it. It must lie along left side of photo.
Looking east on Duarte near Baldwin intersection. McMickens Realty Service is located on right side of photo. There is a man walking on right dressed in white pharmacist's smock. There is heavy flooding evident on both streets. The Arcadia sign (welcome sign) is visible.
View across dry grass field toward fenced area with two cows grazing. A house with some outbuildings appears in center background. Flood control label indicates it is along Santa Anita Wash.
View NE looking up First Avenue from near Santa Fe Station to Seaquist's Pharmacy on east side of First Avenue. In 1928 City Directory there is a W.A. Graves Pharmacy listed at 228 N. First and apparently this was formerly Seaquist's. Note Santa Fe station sign on extreme left side of photo.
Looking east toward front entrance and grounds of Westerner Motel. San Gabriel Mountains show very prominently in the background. There are two cars in the parking area.
View toward San Gabriel Mountains across grass covered field probably on east side of Santa Anita Wash. A small house and outbuildings can be seen with large bare tree behind.
View east shows two balloons aloft over Arcadia and San Gabriel Valley. It is possible that first river up from bottom of photo is Rio Hondo Wash. Some of trees along Santa Anita appear to be in extreme lower right of photo. Tree-lined street showing in extreme lower left of photo is Duarte Road. Second river coming into photo about five inches up from bottom of photo would be San Gabriel River.