Workers clearing rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings on a commercial street, Santa Barbara, 1925

Title: Workers clearing rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings on a commercial street, 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

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 of workers clearing rubble with shovels in front of a dump truck. They are in front of an earthquake-damaged building on a commercial street. The sign on the building reads "E. F. Rogers & Son."
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Earthquakes, Santa Barbara

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Location: Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Earthquakes--California--Santa Barbara
Commercial streets--California--Santa Barbara
Disaster relief--California--Santa Barbara

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_2234
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dd60b
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