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Identifier
clloy_097
Title
On the
Pike
at
Long
Beach
after
quake
Creator
Unknown
Date Created
1933
Subject (Topic)
Earthquakes--California--Long
Beach
;
Long
Beach
Earthquake
,
Calif.
,
1933
;
Earthquake
damage--California--Long
Beach
;
Subject (Place)
Long
Beach
(Calif.)
;
Pike
, The
(Long
Beach
,
Calif
. :
Amusement
park)
;
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
Earthquake
damage
on the
Pike
. The
facade
of a
building
in the
foreground
has
fallen
away
completely
, and
fallen
bricks
cover
the
street
. On the
right
is
a
street
lamp
whose
large
central
bulb
has
come
off
, and
is
on a
bench
in the
foreground
.
Signs
on the
buildings
,
some
of them
hanging
askew
,
advertise
"
Down's
Wonder
Soap
and
Cosmetics"Sadoc
Master
Tonic
adds
long
life
&
health
" and "
Gift
Souvenirs.
"
Historical Background
Before
1866
,
most
of what
is
now
Long
Beach
was
part
of
two
ranchos
:
Los
Cerritos
and
Los
Alamitos
. By the
1880s
portions
of
Rancho
Los
Cerritos
were
sold
,
subdivided
and
developed
under
the
name
of
Willmore
City
by
William
Wilmore
in
1882
. By
1888
, the
population
had
voted
to
incorporate
the
city
and
rename
it
the
City
of
Long
Beach
. By the
early
20th
century
,
Long
Beach
had
become
a
popular
seaside
resort
as
well
as a
major
shipping
port
.
It
was
home
to a
boardwalk-style
amusement
known
as the
Pike
,
which
included
a
roller
coaster
,
bath
house
, and
carousel
. 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.
"
Property
damage
was
estimated
at
$40
million
, and
115
people
were
killed
.
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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