From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.
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Selected pages from a photographic record book of the damage to the main rail line from California to Utah from a 1938 storm. Text accompanying photos include description of track location.
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Materials depict the Union Pacific Railroad Company's railroad tracks that had been damaged during floods in February and March of 1938 in Southern California and Southern Nevada, including by the Los Angeles Flood of 1938. The photographs primarily depict washed out tracks, damaged bridges, and debris.
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A view of the advancing waters of Lake Mead through St. Thomas.
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An adobe home in St. Thomas surrounded by water.
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