Earthquake-damaged Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Santa Barbara, 1925

Item Overview

Title

Earthquake-damaged Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Santa Barbara, 1925

Date Created

June 29, 1925

Date

1925-06-29

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

On June 29, 1925 at 6:42 am a major earthquake hit the area of Santa Barbara. It was 19 seconds in duration and registered 6.8 on the Richter magnitude scale. The downtown of Santa Barbara was destroyed, the Sheffield Dam collapsed, and thirteen people died. The facade of the Mission Santa Barbara was severely damaged and lost its statues. Three persons thought to shut off the town electricity and gas, thereby preventing catastrophic fire. The city was rebuilt in a unified Spanish Colonial Revival style in 1925-1929.
View down a street with heavily damaged buildings, including a church with a tower, after the Long Beach earthquake. Brick rubble is filed nest to the buildings and a few people are walking in the street in the distance.
View towards earthquake-damaged buildings, including Our Lady of Sorrows Church, at the corner of State and Figueroa Streets, with one of two bell towers destroyed, facade, side, and remaining tower heavily damaged. people are walking in the street.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Earthquakes, Long Beach, 1933 [negative filed in wrong sleeve]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Our Lady of Sorrows Church (Santa Barbara, Calif.)

Location

Santa Barbara (Calif.)

Longitude

34.42231

Latitude

-119.702954

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Earthquake damage--California--Santa Barbara
Catholic churches--California--Santa Barbara
Long Beach Earthquake, Calif., 1933
Earthquakes--California--Santa Barbara
Churches--California--Santa Barbara