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Title: Damage from the March quake
Date Created and/or Issued: 1933
Contributing Institution: Long Beach Public Library
Collection: Long Beach Photos
Rights Information: For information about copyright and ordering images from the LBPL Digital Archive, see https://www.longbeach.gov/library/research/long-beach-history-and-special-collections/.
Description: This postcard style photograph, taken from the roof of a nearby structure, shows severe damage to a building from the March 10, 1933 Long Beach Earthquake. Next to it are railroad cars. Seen in mid-distance are other buildings with varying degrees of damage. Oil derricks cover the horizon line. DATE NOTES: Circa 1933. ORIG. IMAGE: 2,5" X 4", Black and white glossy print mounted on card stock. NEGATIVE: No. KEYWORDS: Temblor, seismic event, quake, disaster, petroleum, fuel.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: LBPL_1713.tiff
http://lbpl.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17164coll3/id/3138
Subject: Earthquakes--California
Relation: Earthquakes - 1933

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