Two hundred tons of earth at Point Fermin are shown ready to topple into the sea at San Pedro. It is part of the six-acre area atop the 90-foot bluff that started to slip toward the sea in 1939, commonly known as the "Sunken City." Photo dated: March 3, 1941.
Landslides--California--Los Angeles Geology--California--Los Angeles San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.) Sunken City (San Pedro, Los Angeles, Calif.) Point Fermin (Calif.) Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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