Earthquake-damaged San Marcos Building, Santa Barbara, 1925

Description: 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. Men are standing in the street and on the mound of rubble.
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
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Earthquakes, Long Beach, 1933 [negative is misfiled]

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: San Marcos Building (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Location: Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Earthquakes--California--Santa Barbara
Commercial buildings--California--Santa Barbara

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_2190
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dd4gm
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