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Ruins of City Hall, Compton Calif.
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Description
Identifier
clloy_081
Title
Ruins
of
City
Hall
,
Compton
Calif
.
Creator
Unknown
Date Created
1933
Subject (Topic)
Earthquakes--California--Compton
;
Earthquake
damage--California--Compton
;
City
halls--California--Compton
Subject (Name)
City
Hall
(Compton
,
Calif.)
Subject (Place)
Compton
(Calif.)
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
b&w
;
9
x
14
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Language
eng
Description
Exterior
view
of
Compton
City
Hall
after
the
1933
earthquake
;
large
portions
of
wall
have
fallen
away
, a
portion
of the
roof
has
collapsed
, and
piles
of
rubble
surround
the
building
. A
man
in
uniform
stands
in
front
of the
building
,
looking
away
.
Historical Background
Compton
was
originally
part
of the
Rancho
San
Pedro
, a
1784
Spanish
land
grant
.
Founded
as a
Methodist
colony
in
1867
and
named
for
G.D
.
Compton
, a
pioneer
settler
,
it
developed
as a
farming
village
. At
5:54pm
on
March
10
,
1933
, a
magnitude
6.4
earthquake
struck
the
Newport-Inglewood
fault
zone
.
Severe
property
damage
occurred
at
Compton
,
Long
Beach
, and
other
areas
,
causing
serious
damage
to
weak
masonry
structures
on
land
fill
or
deep
water-soaked
alluvium
or
sand
.
Property
damage
was
estimated
at
$40
million
, and
115
people
were
killed
. At
Compton
,
almost
every
building
in a
three-block
radius
on
unconsolidated
material
and
land
fill
was
destroyed
.
Damage
to
school
buildings
,
which
were
among
the
structures
most
commonly
and
severely
damaged
by this
earthquake
,
led
to the
State
Legislature
passing
the
Field
Act
,
which
regulates
building-construction
practices
in
California
.
Additional Notes
Real
photo
postcard
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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