Cats at rubble-strewn doorway at the Hotel Carrillo after the earthquake, Santa Barbara, 1925

Title: Cats at rubble-strewn doorway at the Hotel Carrillo after the earthquake, 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
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Description: 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 of 2 cats seated on rubble in a doorway of the Hotel Carrillo after the earthquake. The Hotel Carrillo was located at 31 W. Carrillo St. and was demolished in about 1999.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Earthquakes, Santa Barbara

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Hotel Carrillo (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Location: Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Earthquakes--California--Santa Barbara
Cats--California
Hotels--California--Santa Barbara

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_2228
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dd5sr
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