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Title
Earthquake damage in Inglewood, showing damaged tombstone in cemetery, 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 in Inglewood, showing damaged tombstone in cemetery, June 1920. At center, a long, cracked obelisk can be seen lying at the base of a small stone pedestal. Small bouquets of flowers can be seen placed near some of the tombstones on the neatly trimmed lawn. In the background at center, a large palm tree is visible. Rows of tombstones can be seen on either side of the tree. Additional trees can be seen further in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5747
USC-0-1-1-5868 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44967
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5747
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44967.jpg
Subject
Earthquakes
Cemeteries
Los Angeles County--Inglewood
Time Period
1920-06-21
Place
California
Inglewood
Los Angeles
USA
Source
44967 [Accession number]
85-6-21 [Microfiche number]
CHS-44967 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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