Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the wreckage of the Young Hotel in Compton after an earthquake, March 10, 1933. The two-story brick hotel is in the background at center. The front of the building has collapsed, revealing the inner walls and rooms and creating a massive pile of rubble. The back of the hotel appears to be intact. There are several people gathered around the building, including two men digging through the debris and two men conversing in the foreground. There is a large crane at left, and railroad tracks in the foreground at left. Legible signs include, from left to right, "[Mar]shall Service Shell", and "Gas Co. [?] Service".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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