Language: English / Resource Type: still image / Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection / Date: 1933 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: 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.
Date:: March 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: 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.
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: 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."
Date:: March 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View of earthquake-damaged commercial buildings and a pile of building debris after the Long Beach earthquake. The sign on the building reads "The Paris Store," and "Quitting Business."
Date:: March 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Signs posted in front read "ALTO ADUANA/STOP CUSTOMS" and "STOP AT U.S. IMMIGRATION OFFICE" with an arrow pointing toward buildings.
Date:: [betweeen 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Typescript, probably a press release, about a rainstorm and how actress Lona Andre navigated Paramount Studios by rowboat.
Date:: January 16, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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