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Title
Camping Out, earthquake aftermath
Creator
The Winstead Brothers (#3)
Date Created and/or Issued
1933
Contributing Institution
Long Beach Public Library
Collection
Long Beach Photos
Rights Information
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Description
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.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
LBPL_1701B.tiff
http://lbpl.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17164coll3/id/3489
Subject
Earthquakes--California
Source
Donated by the Winstead Company
Relation
Earthquakes - 1933

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