Photograph of the Long Beach "Police Court" taking up temporary housing in an Atlas Tires and Batteries station following the earthquake that struck Long Beach on March 10, 1933. The Atlas building is viewed from the front. Pane-glass windows stretch across the front and the sides of the building. Across the top of the building it reads, "ATLAS TIRES AND BATTERIES." A sliding front door to the building is partially open. A sign affixed across the door frame reads, "POLICE COURT". Two men can be seen sitting inside, to the left of the door and behind the glass. The building sits off the ground on planks of lumber. A man walks towards the left in front of the left corner of the building. Behind him and in the near distance at left, rubble sits on the ground in front of the corner of a building. A gaping hole can be seen in the side of the building.
A large, wooden sign posted in Bixby Park following the March 10, 1933 earthquake that struck Long Beach reads, "No Meals Served At This EMERGENCY KITCHEN Except At The Following Hours Breakfast 6 TO 8[:]30 A.M. Noon Mess 11[:]30 A.M. to 2 P.M. Evening Mess 5[:]30 P.M. TO 8 P.M. NO EXCEPTIONS TO THE ABOVE RULES WILL BE MADE COMMANDER BIXBY PARK EMERGENCY KITCHEN." Beneath this, another sign reads, "ALL PEOPLE MUST REGISTER BEFORE GETTING IN FOOD LINE." A pile of lumber sits to the left of the signage and a trash can stands at right. In the distance, a swing set (partial view), a couple of people and a few tall trees occupy the background at right.
Photograph of several guards gathered around a table in the emergency kitchen set up at Bixby Park in Long Beach following the earthquake that struck the area on March 10, 1933. They stand in the near distance, at center, and all around a table that stands in front of a swing set. Part of the emergency kitchen can be seen in the near distance at left with a few people standing nearby it. Trees stand in the background.
View of the Weizel family living outside of their house after the earthquake. Mr. Weizel is seated on steps and holds a baby and a little girl is seated next to him eating from a bowl as Mrs. Weizel prepares food on the right. a picnic bench draped and holding plates and bread (?) is on the far left. A pile of fallen bricks leans against the wooden house.
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.
Photograph of Lowell School (Lowell Bayside Academy, 1600 Atlantic Ave.) damaged by the Long Beach earthquake; the central tower has lost its front walls. A sign on the curb reads "No Parking In This Block During School Hours." The remaining letters of on the damaged lintel above the entrance are "Ja...uss..."
View of a damaged commercial building housing Goodrich Silvertown Inc., Baty Electric and Ben Jon cleaners facing SW towards the corner of Corner of Fourth Street and Pacific Avenue. The display windows are covered with boards, 2 men are on top of the building with a ladder and brick covers the sidewalk below. A wheelbarrow is on the sidewalk on the left, a small ladder and an automobile are on the right and the tall Farmers and Merchants Bank Building is visible in the distance
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.
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.
