- Title
- Compton Bank now open
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- Date
- 1933
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- Description
- Photograph of the Security First National Bank, showing wreckage from the 1933 Long Beach Earthquake. The sidewalk is covered in rubble, and a burst pipe sprays water into the air.
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- Format Extent
- 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
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- Subject
- Earthquakes--California--Compton; Earthquake damage--California--Compton; Banks--California--Compton;
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- Note
- 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. Security Trust & Savings Bank was founded in 1888 by J.F. Sartori and associates; the bank grew through the development of business and mergers and became Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles. 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.
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- Collection
- Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
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- Type
- ["Postcards"]
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- Geographic Location
- Compton (Calif.)
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- Language
- eng
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