Subject: Long Beach Earthquake, Calif., 1933 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: People gathered at tables in booths in front of a building probably dispensing relief after the Long Beach earthquake. In the foreground are an American flag and a flag reading "America along the bottom.
Date Created:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs 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 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 E. F. Smith's Market on E. 103rd St. in Watts after a fire, with hoses draped on the wet street and sidewalk in front. The fire started when a vat of boiling grease at Watts Cut-rate Bakery, next door on the right, exploded during the Long Beach earthquake. Sav-way Drug Store is on the left at 1714 103rd 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:: View of the Huntington Hotel damaged by the Long Beach earthquake, with rubble flowing down an exterior stairway. Two men are at the bottom of the stairway, 2 men stand on the banister on either side and 2 men stand at the top of the stairway. The hotel (built in 1907, located at 1401 South Oak Knoll) was repaired and in use until 1989 when it was torn down.
Date Created:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Description:: Detail view of a the Orange County Courthouse damaged by the Long Beach earthquake. The gable has fallen away exposing the attic. Three workmen are visible along the roof line. The Courthouse is located at 211 W. Santa Ana Blvd.
Date Created:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Description:: Photograph of a makeshift bank or office set up after the Long Beach earthquake in a small wooden building with an open front and awning. Men are lined up on the right and 2 women are writing at a long plank table. There is earthquake debris in the foreground.
Date Created:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

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