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Title
Earthquake
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Ruebsamen, James
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1987
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption reads: "1st Interstate Bank, L.A.'s tallest, survived. Also, there was virtually no traffic during rush hour, 5 p.m., looking down Hope St. from Pico". The 6.1 Whittier earthquake struck Los Angeles on October 1, 1987. Photograph dated: Oct. 1, 1987.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;36 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00083567
Herald Examiner Collection
HH_b061_f3_i29
CARL0002878557
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/25679
Subject
First Interstate Bank of California
Bank buildings--California--Los Angeles
Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles
Earthquakes--California, Southern
Skyscrapers--Earthquake effects--California--Los Angeles
Hope Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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