Finding aid for the Santa Barbara earthquake photograph album 7059
Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
2017 November
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Santa Barbara earthquake photograph album
Identifier/Call Number: 7059
Physical Description:
1 album.
Date (inclusive): 1923-1925
Abstract: Photograph album of earthquake damage in Santa Barbara after earthquake of June 29, 1925. The album opens with photographs
of steel frame buildings in Tokyo after a 1923 earthquake and ends with photographs of the collapse of the Hotel Vincent in
Benton Harbor, Michigan. The sequence of photographs illustrates "A Warning" given in the first photograph, a poem that extols
the virtues of steel frame buildings in preventing earthquake damage.
Container: 1
The Santa Barbara earthquake photograh album consists of 47 photographs, 46 of them depicting earthquake damage in Tokyo,
Santa Barbara, and Benton Harbor, Michigan. The album opens with a poem entitled "A Warning" that extols the importance of
steel frames in structures to prevent earthquake damage. The first photographs are of a steel frame building in Tokyo, the
Yusen Building, that survived a 1923 earthquake. They are followed by a few photographs of other buildings in Tokyo that suffered
extensive damage during that quake. The bulk of the album is photographs of earthquake damage in Santa Barbara after the
earthquake of June 29, 1925. The album concludes with a few photographs of the Hotel Vincent in Benton Harbor, Michigan, "A
building that crumbled" between January 28 and 29, 1924, presumably after an earthquake.
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Santa Barbara earthquake photograph album, Collection no. 7059, Regional History Collection,
Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Marla Woodward, November 29, 2017.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Buildings -- California -- Santa Barbara -- Photographs
Buildings -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Photographs
Buildings -- Michigan -- Benton Harbor -- Photographs
Earthquakes -- California -- Santa Barbara -- Photographs
Benton Harbor (Mich.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs
Santa Barbara (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Archival resources
Tokyo (Japan) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs
Photographs
Photograph albums