Home Main St. earthquake, Compton, Cal., Mar. 10, 1933

Identifier	clloy_085
Title	Main St. earthquake, Compton, Cal., Mar. 10, 1933
Creator	Unknown
Date Created	1933
Subject (Topic)	Earthquakes--California--Compton; Earthquake damage--California--Compton;
Subject (Place)	Compton (Calif.)--Earthquake effects; Main Street (Compton, Calif.);
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University Library.
Collection Identifier	http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt9489r2nz
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/dlp/copyright.htm
Language	eng
Description	Photograph of Main St., Compton, showing buildings destroyed by the earthquake, including the Fargo Coffee & Tea Co., and cars crushed by the falling debris. In the distance, a crane lifts a pile of rubble, with a few onlookers.
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 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.
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Source	Werner Von Boltenstern Postcard Collection

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