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.
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.
Looking NE up flooded Santa Anita Wash following heavy rains of early March 1938. Caption on photo reads: Looking upstream toward Santa Fe Bridge. San Gabriel Mountains in background. Where cars are parked would be east side of wash.
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.
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.
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.
View north up Santa Anita Avenue with mountains in background. This photo was taken about where present Orange Grove Avenue intersects with Santa Anita Avenue. Note orange groves all along west side of Santa Anita as far as the mountains. Street is not paved.
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.
Pacific Electric control tower near First Street and Santa Fe tracks. The car on the tracks probably is one of the Santa Fe self-propelled cars that ran from Los Angeles to San Bernardino. View to the northwest.
Flood damage on N. Santa Anita Avenue. This view was taken at Perkins and Santa Anita. A sign pointing toward Sierra Madre is visible on the left and the San Gabriel Mountains are visible in the background. There is a car on the right.
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.
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.
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.
View west, probably from a point about 1/4 mile west of Rosemead, on what is presently Huntington Drive. Street is dirt. There are railroad tracks along the right belonging to San Gabriel Railroad. There is a row of white power poles along side of tracks.
View from Colorado Street north toward front of building constructed for the Southern California Floral and Perfumery Co. and later the home of O.D. Harris. It was at 15 E. Orange (Colorado) and was demolished in 1961.
Aerial view taken from about over what became Campus Drive and Arcadia High School, and looking toward (NW) Pasadena and Sierra Madre at foot of San Gabriel Mountains. Photo shows Santa Anita Park Race Track possibly just a few years after opening.
A doctor checks hand of evacuees as they line up near Pacific Electric Railroad cars which brought them to Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. Military personnel look on.