Flooded homes in Artesia area, 1952
Flooded homes in Artesia area, 16 January 1952. Mr Ben Steiner, trying to bail out front room;Mrs Ben Steiner, putting husband's shoes in oven above water;David Murphy, 17, in flooded fron room;Ducks swimming in street;Marooned goat;Cat, 'Boo', safe on ironing board;People wading in streets, inside homes, barricading homes with sandbags, etcArtesia; California; USA. (Photo by Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images)