Flood (?) debris on a residential area road following the earthquake and failure of the Sheffield Dam, Santa Barbara, 1925

Item Overview

Title

Flood (?) debris on a residential area road following the earthquake and failure of the Sheffield Dam, Santa Barbara, 1925

Date Created

June 29, 1925

Date

1925-06-29

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

View of flood (?) debris in the form of tangled woody material on a road in front of a house, from the flood that followed the failure of the Sheffield Dam after the earthquake. An automobile is partially visible on the right and 2 people are in the yard in the distance.
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, Santa Barbara

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Location

Santa Barbara (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Earthquakes--California--Santa Barbara
Flood damage--California--Santa Barbara