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 a disaster relief station after the Long Beach earthquake with a man tending a brick camp stove on the far left, 6 women dressed in white at a tent and men standing to the right of them. A man dressed in white and wearing a sailor hat has a sign on his shirt reading "Police Official." Sign on the building in the background reads "Max...Harness Saddle ... Tires," and "The Nielson.." Related the newspaper article: "Navy Relief Extended: Sailing of Fleet Postponed: Admiral Leigh Orders Delay of Week to Allow 2000 Sailors Continue Aid." Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 1933: 1 Text from negative sleeve: Earthquakes, Long Beach, 1933
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2086 ark:/21198/zz002dd0ww
Language
English
Subject
Long Beach Earthquake, Calif., 1933 Earthquakes--California Disaster relief--California
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