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Title
Earthquake building damage
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1933
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
South Bay Digital Collection
Rights Information
While the CSUDH archives and special collections is the owner of the physical item; the authorization for use and publication of this item may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code). Any reproduction that does not qualify as fair use requires permission from the owners of the rights. It is the responsibility of the person using the image to obtain permissions and they are liable for any infringement. See: https://www.csudh.edu/copyright/what-is/
Description
Black-and-white photograph presumably taken in the aftermath of the 1933 Long Beach Earthquake. Photograph depicts a building located behind a fence. The building has sustained damage due to the earthquake.
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.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
1 photograph; 3.25 x 4.75 in.
Identifier
lbe_01_02_016
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/southbay/id/4064
Language
English
Subject
Earthquake damage
Earthquakes
Natural disasters
Buildings
Source
1933 Long Beach Earthquake Photographs;
Relation
South Bay Digital Collection
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c80r9w99/

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