Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. View across an athletic track towards brick school buildings damaged by the Long Beach earthquake. On the left building, the parapet and left-most wall section have fallen and areas of the upper exterior walls have fallen from the building on the right. 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
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_2202 ark:/21198/zz002dd4wt
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Schools--California Long Beach Earthquake, Calif., 1933 Earthquake damage--California Earthquakes--California
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