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 workers re-glazing large windows in a building identified by a "Bank of America" sign after the Long Beach earthquake. A worker sits on the sill of an empty window, scaffolding is in front of the window beside it, and another worker is on the sidewalk. Four workers are in a company truck with a sign which reads "W. P. Fuller & Co., Paints Varnishes Lacquers Glass," and signs on 3 newly-installed windows read "Fuller Glass Furnished by W. P. Fuller & Co." Two well-dressed men and one well-dressed woman walk in the street. Text from negative sleeve: Earthquakes, Long Beach, 1933
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2194 ark:/21198/zz002dd4mp
Subject
Long Beach Earthquake, Calif., 1933 Earthquakes--California Earthquake damage--California Banks--California
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