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Workers engaged in reconstruction in front of a building after the Long Beach earthquake, Southern California, 1933

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Title: Workers engaged in reconstruction in front of a building after the Long Beach earthquake, 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 worker sawing a large wooden beam supported by saw horses next to a street curb. Another worker with a smaller wooden beam is beside him and earthquake debris can be seen on the ground. A man in an apron and folded arms in the background on the right watches. Behind him is a 2 story wooden building and houses are in visible in the distance.
Text from negative sleeve: Earthquakes, Long Beach
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_2162
ark:/21198/zz002dd3hn
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Long Beach Earthquake, Calif., 1933
Earthquakes--California
Disaster relief--California
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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