Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photo Group Title, "Quake Known Dead Reach Seventeen." Los Angeles Times, 30 Jun. 1929: 1. On June 29, 1925 at 6:42 am a major earthquake hit the area of Santa Barbara. It was 19 seconds in duration and registered 6.8 on the Richter magnitude scale. The downtown of Santa Barbara was destroyed, the Sheffield Dam collapsed, and thirteen people died. The facade of the Mission Santa Barbara was severely damaged and lost its statues. Three persons thought to shut off the town electricity and gas, thereby preventing catastrophic fire. The city was rebuilt in a unified Spanish Colonial Revival style in 1925-1929. View of flood debris, including an undulant wooden fence, in front of a house and garage on Cacique Street. The flood water from the Sheffield Reservoir streamed through an area of Santa Barbara at a level of 2 feet. Five men and a woman work to clear debris next to the house. Text from negative sleeve: Earthquakes, Santa Barbara Text from newspaper caption: (7) Cacique street where water from broken Sheffield Dam came through.
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_2236 ark:/21198/zz002dd62c
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Earthquakes--California--Santa Barbara Disaster relief--California--Santa Barbara Flood damage--California--Santa Barbara Dwellings--California--Santa Barbara
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