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Identifier	clloy_100
Title	Poly High School, Long Beach, Cal. after quake 3-10-33
Creator	Unknown
Date Created	1933
Subject (Topic)	Earthquakes--California--Long Beach; Long Beach Earthquake, Calif., 1933; Earthquake damage--California--Long Beach; High school buildings--Earthquake effects--California--Long Beach;
Subject (Name)	Long Beach Polytechnic High School (Long Beach, Calif.);
Subject (Place)	Long Beach (Calif.)--Earthquake effects;
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/#d.en.3004
Language	eng
Description	Exterior view of the Long Beach Polytechnic High School building after the 1933, showing the collapsed roof.
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 Willmore in 1882. By 1888, the population had voted to incorporate the city and rename it the City of Long Beach. 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." The cost of the 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.
Publisher's Identifier	Written on photograph: "Winstead Photo #23"
Additional Notes	Real photo postcard printed on DOPS paper.
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection