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Two women camped out in their yard after the Long Beach earthquake, Southern California, 1933

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Title: Two women camped out in their yard after the Long Beach earthquake, Southern California, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued: March 1933
1933-03
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
Photograph of 2 women camped out in their yard after the Long Beach earthquake. One woman dressed in a coat with a fur collar and cuffs is seated on a portable cot facing an elderly woman seated in a chair wrapped in blankets. A large open umbrella is on the ground behind them and 5 chairs with cups and objects are on either side of them
Text from negative sleeve: Earthquakes, Long Beach, 1933
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_2071
ark:/21198/zz002dd0c4
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Disaster victims--California
Long Beach Earthquake, Calif., 1933
Earthquakes--California
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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