This postcard style photograph shows several people, most in hats or coats, gathered in an empty lot. Some are around a table, or sitting in chairs or boxes, some reading the newspaper or talking. The outdoors were safer due to damaged structures resulting from the March 10, 1933 Long Beach Earthquake. DATE NOTES: Circa 1933 ORIG. IMAGE: 3" X 5", Black and white glossy print. NEGATIVE: No. KEYWORDS: Temblor, seismic events, disaster, refugees, homeless.
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