View of the earthquake-damaged San Marcos Building at night at the south corner of State and Anapamu Streets. The corner of the building was demolished by the earthquake. A tractor-mounted crane is clearing away rubble on the left. Two workers are in the center of the image between the crane and a car half-buried in rubble. A steam shovel with a sign reading "Keyst..." (the beginning of "Keystone Excavator") is on the right.
On June 29, 1925 at 6:42 am a major earthquake hit the area of Santa Barbara. It was 19 seconds in duration and registered 6.8 on the Richter magnitude scale. The downtown of Santa Barbara was destroyed, the Sheffield Dam collapsed, and thirteen people died. The facade of the Mission Santa Barbara was severely damaged and lost its statues. Three persons thought to shut off the town electricity and gas, thereby preventing catastrophic fire. The city was rebuilt in a unified Spanish Colonial Revival style in 1925-1929.
On June 29, 1925 at 6:42 am a major earthquake hit the area of Santa Barbara. It was 19 seconds in duration and registered 6.8 on the Richter magnitude scale. The downtown of Santa Barbara was destroyed, the Sheffield Dam collapsed, and thirteen people died. The facade of the Mission Santa Barbara was severely damaged and lost its statues. Three persons thought to shut off the town electricity and gas, thereby preventing catastrophic fire. The city was rebuilt in a unified Spanish Colonial Revival style in 1925-1929.
View of a temporary food aid center beneath a tent on a commercial street after the earthquake. Cardboard boxes of food are neatly stacked beside the tent. Two sailors and a few women in the tent administer food aid to people in front of the tent. Five automobiles are parked in the street and a house and ruined commercial buildings are across the street in the background.
View of the earthquake-damaged San Marcos Building at the south corner of State and Anapamu Streets. The corner of the building was demolished by the earthquake. A tractor-mounted crane, 2 trucks and a tractor are clearing away rubble. Two people watch from a corner in the left foreground.
Photograph of an elderly woman with her arm in a sling after the Santa Barbara earthquake. She is with 3 relief workers in a tent at a disaster relief station seated next to a table with first aid supplies.
Barbara. It was 19 seconds in duration and registered 6.8 on the Richter magnitude scale. The downtown of Santa Barbara was destroyed, the Sheffield Dam collapsed, and thirteen people died. The facade of the Mission Santa Barbara was severely damaged and lost its statues. Three persons thought to shut off the town electricity and gas, thereby preventing catastrophic fire. The city was rebuilt in a unified Spanish Colonial Revival style in 1925-1929.
