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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of the Long Beach "Police Court" taking up temporary housing in an Atlas Tires and Batteries station following the earthquake that struck Long Beach on March 10, 1933. The Atlas building is viewed from the front. Pane-glass windows stretch across the front and the sides of the building. Across the top of the building it reads, "ATLAS TIRES AND BATTERIES." A sliding front door to the building is partially open. A sign affixed across the door frame reads, "POLICE COURT". Two men can be seen sitting inside, to the left of the door and behind the glass. The building sits off the ground on planks of lumber. A man walks towards the left in front of the left corner of the building. Behind him and in the near distance at left, rubble sits on the ground in front of the corner of a building. A gaping hole can be seen in the side of the building. Text from negative sleeve: 642. Long Beach. Earthquake March 17, 1933. The day or two after the terrible earth quake at Compton and Long Beach we drove down to see the damage. At Compton we found the Police Court in this oil station. See the sign on the building reading "Police Court." The sign in Bixby Park, Long Beach. Guards on duty in the park. The emergency kitchens in the park. 4 negatives
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0642_001 ark:/21198/zz002hr3pz
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Earthquakes--California--Long Beach Temporary buildings--California--Long Beach Automobile service stations--California--Long Beach Courthouses--California--Long Beach Long Beach (Calif.). Police Department Atlas Tires and Batteries
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