Earthquake-damaged commercial building at State and Figueroa Streets, Santa Barbara, 1925

Item Overview

Title

Earthquake-damaged commercial building at State and Figueroa Streets, 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

Title for photo group: "Damage of $15,000,000 Wrought in Channel City by Rending Force of Earthquake." Los Angeles Times, 30 Jun. 1925: 2.
View of earthquake damaged commercial building at the west corner of State and Figueroa Streets. Rubble from the building fills State Street. A man in a sailor uniform carrying a rifle stands in front of a fallen pilaster in the left foreground and back of a truck is on the left. The San Marcos Building is visible in the distance.
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.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Earthquakes, Santa Barbara
Text from newspaper caption: (4) Clearing ruins from State Street at corner of Figueroa

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Location

Santa Barbara (Calif.)

Longitude

34.42231

Latitude

-119.702954

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Earthquakes--California--Santa Barbara
Commercial buildings--California--Santa Barbara