View of the Hotel Californian, located at the south corner of State and Mason, after the earthquake struck. Five men and three women are on the sidewalk and street looking at the hotel, which lost huge expanses of its exterior walls during the earthquake. The hotel had opened just 8 days before. The view is from about 20 State St. The hotel was restored after the earthquake. In 2012 the hotel was demolished due to seismic safety concerns. The facade and 2 side walls were kept intact, however.
View of the earthquake-damaged San Marcos Building at the south corner of State and Anapamu Streets. The State Street portion of the building is in view. The corner of the building was demolished by the earthquake and the rubble on the ground is as high as the 1st story of the building. Two men stand between a tractor-mounted crane and an automobile.
Related to the article, "Quake Known Dead Reach Seventeen, New Santa Barbara Shocks Send Residents Into Open, City Bravely Faces Future as $15,000,000 Damage is Surveyed; Scores of Buildings Fall or Are Partly Demolished by Quake." Los Angeles Times, 29 Jun. 1925.
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.
People in line at a temporary bank after the earthquake in Santa Barbara. The bank is a wood frame structure with a canvas roof and canvas side wall. A window opening has bars. Five men and two women wait in line; another man is writing at a tall table. A partially visible sign on the bank reads: "Santa Barbara Branch, [Paci]fic Southwest, [Ban]k. A Spanish colonial style building is in the background.
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.
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.
