Relief station after the Long Beach earthquake, Southern California, 1933

Item Overview

Title

Relief station after the Long Beach earthquake, Southern California, 1933

Date Created

March 1933

Date

1933-03

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

English

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

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.
Photograph of a disaster relief station after the Long Beach earthquake with a man tending a brick camp stove on the far left, 6 women dressed in white at a tent and men standing to the right of them. A man dressed in white and wearing a sailor hat has a sign on his shirt reading "Police Official." Sign on the building in the background reads "Max...Harness Saddle ... Tires," and "The Nielson.."
Related the newspaper article: "Navy Relief Extended: Sailing of Fleet Postponed: Admiral Leigh Orders Delay of Week to Allow 2000 Sailors Continue Aid." Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 1933: 1

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Earthquakes, Long Beach, 1933

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Location

California, Southern

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Long Beach Earthquake, Calif., 1933
Earthquakes--California
Disaster relief--California