Closeup of Ruptured Reservoir--Water from a hilltop reservoir pours into the break (right) in the earthen wall of the installation in Los Angeles today. A giant wall of mud and water tore through the opening, surging over an exclusive residential area.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Closeup of Ruptured Reservoir--Water from a hilltop reservoir pours into the break (right) in the earthen wall of the installation in Los Angeles today. A giant wall of mud and water tore through the opening, surging over an exclusive residential area.

Associated Press · [ca. March 1963]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Floods: 1963: Wirephotos

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