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. Compton Fire Department Station No. 2 in a temporary location after the Long Beach earthquake. Two men clear grass from the ground in front of a small garage as a fireman watches. Another fireman is next to a fire truck. The tall building in the background appears in a photograph of the Oil Equipment and Engineering Exposition hass (image ark. no. 21198/zz002dd19k) which was located at the intersection of N Alameda St. and E Rosecrans Ave. 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
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2112 ark:/21198/zz002dd1st
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Disaster relief--California--Compton Fire stations--California--Compton Earthquakes--California--Compton Long Beach Earthquake, Calif., 1933
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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