Location: San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.) / Subject: Long Beach Earthquake, Calif., 1933 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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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:: View of a commercial building on Beacon Street damaged by the Long Beach earthquake. The upper cornice is damaged, and brick rubble covers the sidewalk. Business signs on the building read "A. Elkonin Jewelry," "Dr. Spires, Dentists," "Florsheim Shoes," "Golden Gate, Cafe," and "Lowrey - Michel Radios, RCA Victor."
Date:: March 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection