Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A similar photograph appears with the article, "Quake Known Dead Reach Seventeen, New Santa Barbara Shocks Send Residents Into Open, City Bravely Faces Future as $15,000,000 Damage is Surveyed; Scores of Buildings Fall or Are Partly Demolished by Quake," with caption: Arlington Hotel, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jun. 1925. On June 29, 1925 at 6:42 am a major earthquake hit the area of Santa Barbara. It was 19 seconds in duration and registered 6.8 on the Richter magnitude scale. The downtown of Santa Barbara was destroyed, the Sheffield Dam collapsed, and thirteen people died. The facade of the Mission Santa Barbara was severely damaged and lost its statues. Three persons thought to shut off the town electricity and gas, thereby preventing catastrophic fire. The city was rebuilt in a unified Spanish Colonial Revival style in 1925-1929. View of the Arlington Hotel on the Victoria St. side, with 5-story section at left, 3-story section at right, and collapsed section at center, with garden and walkway in foreground, three people standing on walkway looking on. The hotel was located on the city block bounded by Victoria, State, Sola and Chapala Streets. Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Earthquakes, Santa Barbara, 1925, 11 of 11 (4 negs)
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Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0139 0139 ark:/21198/zz002d9bwc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Earthquakes--California--Santa Barbara Landmarks Disaster Hotels--California--Santa Barbara Arlington Hotel (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
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