Subject: Earthquake damage--California - 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 Created:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Description:: Photograph of a brick school (?) building after the Long Beach earthquake. The parapet has fallen to the ground. There are 2 palm trees on the front lawn.
Date Created:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Description:: Photograph of a school (?) building damaged by the Long Beach earthquake. Second story exterior brick walls have fallen. In the street in front a workman digs next to a sign reading "Danger, Excavation." A woman and child walk on the sidewalk. A street sign painted on the curb reads "E. 12th St."
Date Created:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Description:: View of a Bank Of America building damaged by the Long Beach earthquake. Parts of the corner facade are missing and the corner portion is partitioned off and supported with beams on the left. Signs read "... of America," "Open for Business," "Bank Building Open," and "Rothwell Optical Co."
Date Created:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Description:: View of a brick building as a section of its 2nd floor exterior wall falls surrounded by dust. Houses are visible on the left. The sidewalk is covered in brick rubble.
Date Created:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs 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 Created:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Description:: View from the back of a long line of automobiles on a road wide cracks in it after the Long Beach earthquake
Date Created:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Description:: Men gathered near trucks and brick rubble piles between trucks and next to building that lost its facade during the Long Beach earthquake. The sing on one truck reads "Owl Truck and Materials Co."
Date Created:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

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