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Black-and-white photograph of the Richelieu Hotel building that has sustained damage after the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. Text on the back of the photograph reads: This is Richelieu Hotel corner 4th Ross. Adamson Druggist was killed as he came out the door. (4) The 1933 Long Beach Earthquake Photographs Collection contains 62 black-and-white photographs taken in the aftermath of an earthquake that hit near Long Beach, California in 1933. Images in this collection show damaged buildings including a court house, O.A. Haley's, Jensens Bakery, Whittier school, St. Anthony's Church, W.M.F Lutz Co.,Geo E. Nygaard realtor, Hulburt Drugs,as well as images of cracks in the ground. Most of the images were taken in Santa Ana; Long Beach; and Compton, California.
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