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Description:: Photograph of workmen shoveling bricks off of a sidewalk and into a dump truck on a commercial street after the Long Beach earthquake as three men watch from the street. A sign on a building in the background reads "Elizabeth Apts."
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:: March 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View of a worker sawing a large wooden beam supported by saw horses next to a street curb. Another worker with a smaller wooden beam is beside him and earthquake debris can be seen on the ground. A man in an apron and folded arms in the background on the right watches. Behind him is a 2 story wooden building and houses are in visible in the distance.
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:: 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:: March 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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:: Photograph of a commercial building on a street corner housing "Willys" automotive business heavily damaged by the Long Beach earthquake. Two automobiles are visible in the showroom and an automobile parked in front is covered in a pile of brick rubble. A window sign reads "Willys."
Date:: March 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Four men look over building plans. They include California Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Waste, 2nd from left, and Associate Justice Emmet Seawell, far right.
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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