Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of a commercial building on State Street after the Long Beach earthquake with a pile of rubble in the street in front and wooden beams supporting the structure. The 2-story structure has sculpted capitals above pilasters (pilasters damaged) on the ground level and 3 urns along the roof line. Signs on the building read: "So. Gate is Game. Business as Usual In This Buiding. Spence Kennelly Owner," "County Free [Library]," "Heddon & Henderson Quality Shoe Store, Repairing," and "Ballagh's Pharmacy, State Street." 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. Text from negative sleeve: Earthquakes, Long Beach, 1933
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2161 ark:/21198/zz002dd3g4
Language
English
Subject
Earthquake damage--California--South Gate Earthquakes--California--South Gate Long Beach Earthquake, Calif., 1933
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