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Description
2004-0162 PHOTO: EARTHQUAKES: LOS ANGELES CO.: COMPTON, 1933 Photographic credits: (view 1) Pacific Studios, Los Angeles; (views 3-4) Austin Studio, Long Beach; (views 5-13) Chas. M. Smyth. Thirteen views of buildings in Compton after the Long Beach Earthquake, March 10, 1933, 6.4 Magnitude; shows collapsed buildings on city streets patrolled by Navy personnel; also shows ruins of open air market, other wrecked buildings, City Hall and one room interior. Compton; 1933. View 1 (2004-0162), Bldg. on Main St. -- View 2 (2004-0163), Ruins [of] Open Air Market -- View 3 (2004-0164), A Building in Compton -- View 4 (2004-0165), City Hall -- View 5 (2004-0166), Tamarind Street -- View 6 (2004-0167), Masonic Temple -- View 7 (2004-0168), Security National Bank -- Views 8-9 (2004-0169, 2004-0170), Compton Union High School -- View 10 (2004-0171), Hill and Seville Streets -- View 11 (2004-0172), Compton City Hall -- View 12 (2004-0173), Florence and Compton Street intersection -- View 13 (2004-0174), Home in Compton wrecked.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
13 photographic prints as postcards ; 3 1/2 xn 5 3/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001385332CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVV-8604
Subject
Earthquakes--California--Compton Buildings--California--Compton Compton (Calif.)--Photographs Los Angeles County (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints Photographic postcards
Place
California Compton Compton (Calif.) Los Angeles County (Calif.)
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