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Collapsed shops, shattered windows, broken telephone lines at Ninth St. after earthquake in Imperial, Calif., 1940

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Title: Collapsed shops, shattered windows, broken telephone lines at Ninth St. after earthquake in Imperial, Calif., 1940
Date Created and/or Issued: May 20, 1940
1940-05-20
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: STREET SCENE: Apparently the epicenter of Saturday night's quake, the city of Imperial suffered heavily during temblors. Collapsed shops, shattered windows, broken telephone lines at Ninth St. and Imperial Ave., above.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b3147_19228-1
ark:/21198/zz0002tvrc
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Earthquakes--California--Imperial
Disaster
Earthquake damage--California
Commercial buildings--Earthquake effect
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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