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Title: Building damaged by the Long Beach earthquake undergoing demolition, 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.
View of a cloud of dust emanating from a building as it collapses during demolition. Apparently the building was damaged during the Long Beach earthquake. Four men watch with a crane arm and power shovel visible on the right.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_2131
ark:/21198/zz002dd2f4
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Earthquake damage--California
Demolition--California
Power shovels--California
Long Beach Earthquake, Calif., 1933
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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