Genre: exterior views / Subject: Earthquakes--California--Santa Barbara - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Santa Barbara Mission, exterior view of the bell tower from the NE following the earth quake. The upper portion of the bell tower has collapsed, and there are 2 cracks in the mid-section. A pile of rubble is visible on the left in front of the mission church and brickwork around a half dome on the right appears to have fallen away. The Mission is located at 2201 Laguna St.
Date:: June 29, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This image appears (cropped and reversed) with the article "Churches Hard Hit In Tremor. Earthquake Takes Toll of All Religious Edifices in Channel City." Los Angeles Times, 1 Jul 1925: 2.
Date:: June 29, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View of the facade of the Santa Barbara Mission following the earthquake. The bell towers are heavily damaged, although the bells remain in place, and the top of the pediment is gone. Rubble from the towers is piled on the plaza in front of the church. The Misison is located at 2201 Laguna Street.
Date:: June 30, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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