The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
Photograph of parents and a young girl at a teller booth in a temporary branch of Bank of America after the Long Beach earthquake. The location is the Oil Equipment and Engineering Expositiion hall in Compton where all of the Compton Boulevard businesses re-located temporarily after the earthquake. There is a partition with a bare light bulb attached to it behind the long teller booth and an exposed beam ceiling with suspended industrial light fixtures high above. A framed "Bank of America" poster stating "Resources" and "Liabilities" as of December 1932 is on an easel on the left above another framed poster stating "United like strands of a mighty cable...410 Branches united in strength, spirit and service. Each branch has the strength of All...".
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
Photograph of a commercial building on a street corner housing "Willys" automotive business heavily damaged by the Long Beach earthquake. The roof is caved in and the ground is covered in brick rubble. Signs read "Willys," and "Genuine Nash Parts."
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
Distant view of the "Oil Equipment and Engineering Exposition" hall, identified by a sign on the facade, with automobiles parked in front and along the side, after the Long Beach earthquake. The commercial buildings of Compton Boulevard were ruined by the earthquake; the displaced businesses relocated here a few days after the earthquake, arranged in the same order in which they had resided on Compton Blvd. The exposition building appears to be larger than a football field and the roof on both sides steps up in height 3 times with clerestory windows at each level. The height increases are expressed decoratively by the shape of the facade. The exposition hall was located the intersection of N Alameda St. and E Rosecrans Ave.
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 took place on March 10, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An estimated fifty million dollars' worth of property damage resulted, and 120 lives were lost.
