Collection of Photographs and Postcards of the Long Beach, California, Earthquake: Finding Aid photCL 715
Suzanne Oatey
The Huntington Library
December 2023
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San Marino, California 91108
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Collection of photographs and postcards of the Long Beach, California,
earthquake
Identifier/Call Number: photCL 715
Physical Description:
0.8 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1933
Abstract: A group of photographs documenting the
destruction caused by a major earthquake in Long Beach, California on March 10,
1933.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. Photographs and postcards of the Long Beach, California
earthquake, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Vigilante Rare Documents, November 2023.
A group of 36 snapshot photographs and photographic postcards, and two printed souvenir
photo booklets documenting the range of destruction after the major Long Beach earthquake on
March 10, 1933. Images chiefly show damaged buildings including churches, post offices,
schools, houses, apartment buildings, and stores. Some images feature large cracks in
streets and highways. Three photographs depict damage in Compton, and one was taken in
nearby Lynwood. Identified photographers are Austin Studio, Long Beach; C.D. Douglass
Studios, Montebello; Larry Lynde; and Pacific Studios, L.A.
Processed by Suzanne Oatey in December 2023.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Compton (Calif.)--Photographs
Earthquakes -- California -- Photographs.
Long Beach (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. --
Photographs
Long Beach (Calif.) -- Photographs
Photographic postcards
Photographs
Box 1
Photographs and postcards of the Long Beach, California, earthquake