Tidal Wave of Water Sweeps Through Canyon-- A wall of water sweeps down a canyon directly below Los Angeles Baldwin Hills Reservoir after the storage basin cracked open and released the torrent. Houses were swept into kindling as the waves surged past. This picture taken by Richard Levine, an amateur photographer who was on the scene.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Tidal Wave of Water Sweeps Through Canyon-- A wall of water sweeps down a canyon directly below Los Angeles Baldwin Hills Reservoir after the storage basin cracked open and released the torrent. Houses were swept into kindling as the waves surged past. This picture taken by Richard Levine, an amateur photographer who was on the scene.

Associated Press · [ca. December 1963]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Floods: 1963: Wirephotos

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