Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt School with earthquake damage visible in the 2nd story of the projecting centerpiece, with the rubble in a heap on the ground in front of the arched double doorway. 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. The first Theodore Roosevelt School in Long Beach was designed by architects John Austin and W. Horace Austin (not related) in a Spanish Renaissance Revival style and was constructed in 1920-1921. It was heavily damaged by the 1933 earthquake and had to be torn down. Text from negative sleeve: Earthquakes, Long Beach, 1933
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Image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2091 ark:/21198/zz002dd12z
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No linguistic content
Subject
Earthquake damage--California--Long Beach Earthquakes--California--Long Beach Schools--California--Long Beach Long Beach Earthquake, Calif., 1933 Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School (Long Beach, Calif.)
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