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 relief workers preparing food at an outdoor kitchen after the Long Beach earthquake with large wash tubs serving as pots, placed on improvised brick stoves. A man on the right ladles food into a can; a crowd is visible in the background. Text from negative sleeve: Earthquakes, Long Beach, 1933 Text from newspaper caption: Outdoor Kitchens Working at Full Tilt: Combined Relief Forces Operate Emergency "Dining Rooms." Outdoor kitchens manned by combined forces of relief organizations operated at 100 percent efficiency yesterday. [Standalone photo, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 1933: 2]
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_2168 ark:/21198/zz002dd3qr
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Disaster relief--California Long Beach Earthquake, Calif., 1933
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