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Description:: A picture of a photograph of Downey, wearing his hat sporting a hole near the badge. A scrap of white paper is attached to the bottom of the photograph with his name written on it.
Date:: January 1936
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
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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
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Description:: Compton Fire Department Station No. 2 in a temporary location after the Long Beach earthquake. Two men clear grass from the ground in front of a small garage as a fireman watches. Another fireman is next to a fire truck. The tall building in the background appears in a photograph of the Oil Equipment and Engineering Exposition hass (image ark. no. 21198/zz002dd19k) which was located at the intersection of N Alameda St. and E Rosecrans Ave.
Date:: March 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Photographer's note: "9th grader Devell Howard is towered over by other members of the Compton H.S. band as they entertain for Berry Gordy at Compton City Hall."
Date:: December 7, 1988
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Galvez, Jose
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: James raises his finger to gesture as he and Captain Hastings smile.
Date:: April 15, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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