Flooding in Artesia, 1952. (Los Angeles Public Library)
Torrance Farmland, 1910. (Los Angeles Public Library)
Los Angeles Harbor, 1913. (Los Angeles Public Library)
Opening of The New Town of Van Nuys, 1911. (Department of Water and Power)
Los Angeles Aqueduct Topographical Map. (Library of Congress)
View of Construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, 1910-1920. (The California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California)
View of the Owens River and Los Angeles Aqueduct, 1913. (The California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California)
Spring Street Looking South from Sixth Street, 1914. (The California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California)
Los Angeles River Flood (1-2), 1914. (The California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California)
Los Angeles River Flood (3-5), 1914. (The California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California)
Traffic on Wilshire Boulevard, 1931. (University of Southern California)
Pro-Colorado River Aqueduct Bond Map. (The Metropolitan Water District)
Tunnel railroad along the Colorado River Aqueduct, 1930. (The California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California)
Miners at the Construction of the Colorado River Aqueduct, 1931. (The California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California)
Map and Profile of the Colorado River Aqueduct, 1938. (Los Angeles Public Library)
March 2, 1938: Los Angeles River floodwaters washed away a Southern Pacific railroad bridge. Photo taken from North Figueroa street bridge. (Los Angeles Times)
March 2, 1938: About 10 people were swept into the water when the 3rd Street pedestrian bridge over the Los Angeles River in Long Beach washed out after heavy rains. (Los Angeles Times)
March 7, 1938: Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Smith, their daughter and 5 year old grand-daughter at Burbank and Ethel Streets in Van Nuys begin task of digging out flood-wrecked home. (Los Angeles Times)
March 3, 1938: Milkman Ray J. Henville secured himself a boat and boatman and made all deliveries on time and on doorstep. (Los Angeles Times)
March 2, 1938: Drains could not keep up with rain filling streets in downtown Los Angeles. (Los Angeles Times)
LA River Channelization Workers, 1937. (Los Angeles Public Library)
Placing of concrete in a section of the channel wall on the left bank just above 26th Street in the city of Los Angeles, 1938. (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)
LA River, 7th Street Bridge in Long Beach, 1938. (LA County Flood Control District)
San Gabriel River and Spreading Grounds, 1959. (LA County Department of Public Works)
Water Replenishment District Advertisement. (Santa Clara Valley Water News)
1959 WRD Formation Campaign Advertisement. (Courtesy of the Water Replenishment District)
Bridge over a channelized portion of the Los Angeles River. (Shea Rouda / Unsplash)
Underground Los Angeles River Channel. (LA County Department of Public Works)
Channelized portion of the Los Angeles River. (LA County Department of Public Works)
Looking east (downstream) at the Glendale Narrows. Unlike most of the river, this stretch has an earthen bottom. (Wikimedia)
Dancers perform at the 180th Birthday Celebration of Los Angeles, 1961. (University of Southern California)
Ventura Boulevard at night, 1960. (Los Angeles Public Library)
Map shows the initially proposed SWP route and facilities. (California Department of Water Resources)
California State Water Project Map. (By Shannon1 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56164236)
Oroville Dam construction, 1965. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Construction of the 7.2 mile Angeles Tunnel on the West Branch of the California State Water Project, between Pyramid Lake and the future Castaic Powerplant in Los Angeles County, California, 1967. (California Department of Water Resources)
Aerial view of the California Aqueduct in Kern County. (Ken James / California Department of Water Resources)
Aerial view of Oroville Dam, Lake Oroville and the Feather River located in the foothills on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The reservoir is the largest in the California State Water Project. (Paul Hames / California Department of Water Resources)