Commercial building after the Long Beach earthquake, South Gate, 1933

Item Overview

Title

Commercial building after the Long Beach earthquake, South Gate, 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 commercial building after the Long Beach earthquake with a pile of rubble in the street in front and wooden beams supporting the structure. The 2-story structure has sculpted capitals above pilasters (pilasters damaged) on the ground level and 3 urns along the roof line. Signs on the building read: "So. Gate is Game. Business as Usual In This Buiding. Spence Kennelly Owner," "County Free [Library]," "Heddon & Henderson Quality Shoe Store, Repairing," "Dr. Mizener Physician Surgeon," and "Dr. Brewer Dentist."

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

South Gate (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Long Beach Earthquake, Calif., 1933
Earthquakes--California--South Gate
Earthquake damage--California--South Gate