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 business moving into a temporary space at the Oil Equipment and Engineering Exposition hall, where all of the Compton Boulevard businesses re-located after the earthquake. Retail spaces are separated by partitions. In the closest partition, a man is cutting a long board supported by 2 saw horses and a 2 other men are inside near a ladder. Behind the man are 2 tall wooden shelving units. There are clerestory windows along each juncture of the stepped, exposed beam ceiling. Related to the newspaper article: "Plans Laid At Compton To Carry On: Chamber Group Meets at Ruins of City Hall to Map Program." Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 1933: 5. Text from negative sleeve: Earthquakes, Long Beach
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Image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2103 ark:/21198/zz002dd1g5
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No linguistic content
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Disaster relief--California--Compton Earthquakes--California--Compton Exhibition buildings--California--Compton Long Beach Earthquake, Calif., 1933
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