Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of earthquake-damaged buildings in Compton including the Symphony Theatre, showing trucks and machinery on a street, 1933. The street extends from center foreground to the right distance with electrical poles on either side. An automobile sits parked in the left foreground with a large building behind it that has lost its exterior front wall. Debris flows over the sidewalk from the ruined building. Several trucks and a large crane drive down the street just in front of the building. A crowd of people watch from in front of several other buildings in the right background. Note: Originally, the image was captioned as "Earthquake-damaged buildings in Huntington Park" however, the Symphony Theatre was located at 212 North Tamarind Avenue in Compton, California. It was at the corner of Tamarind Avenue and Magnolia Street -- that segment of Magnolia Street no longer exists as it's now (as of January 2015) in a shopping center. The building was severely damaged in the March 11, 1933 earthquake.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 20 x 25 cm. photographic prints photographs
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