The Big Hole in the Reservoir Wall--Water pours through a big break in the wall of a hilltop reservoir in Los Angeles today. This picture was made from below the dam, after the earthen wall gave way sending a giant wall of mud and water over an exclusive residential area.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

The Big Hole in the Reservoir Wall--Water pours through a big break in the wall of a hilltop reservoir in Los Angeles today. This picture was made from below the dam, after the earthen wall gave way sending a giant wall of mud and water over an exclusive residential area.

Associated Press · [ca. December 1963]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Floods: 1963: Wirephotos

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