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Title
Earthquake damage to the Inglewood Grammar School, June 1920
Date Created and/or Issued
1920-06-21
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of earthquake damage to the Inglewood Grammar School, June 1920. The two-story school is at center and its main entrance is at left. A large staircase leads up to the front door, which is located on the second story. Rectangular windows in groups of three can be seen around the perimeter of the building. Large cracks are visible in the concrete walls, and large sections of the roof are missing. A row of thin hedges can be seen in the foreground. Picture file card reads "This school is almost a total wreck. The roof has fallen in and is in very bad shape".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5748
USC-0-1-1-5869 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-33204
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5748
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-33204.jpg
Subject
Earthquakes
Elementary schools
Inglewood Grammar School
Los Angeles County--Inglewood
Educational facilities
Time Period
1920-06-21
Place
California
Inglewood
Los Angeles
USA
Source
33204 [Accession number]
85-6-19 [Microfiche number]
CHS-33204 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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