Finding Aid for the Collection of Photographs from the 1971 Sylmar Earthquake LSC.0143
Finding aid prepared by Manuscripts Division staff, December 1992; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé and
Myra Villamor.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 2002.
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
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Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Fax Number: 310-206-1864
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Note
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: 1971 Sylmar Earthquake collection of photographs
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0143
Physical Description:
1 unknown
(1 oversize box)
Date: 1971
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Collection of Photographs from the 1971 Sylmar Earthquake (Collection 143). UCLA Library Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Processing Information
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff, December 1992.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID
Scope and Content
Collection contains photographs and scrapbooks documenting the effects of the 1971 earthquake on the Sylmar, California area.
Photographs include Olive View Hospital, Foothill Medical Center and Nursing Home, Indian Hill Medical Center, Pacoima Lutheran
Hospital, Holy Cross Hospital, Veterans Hospital, Van Norman Dam, Jensen Filtration Plant, Sylmar Converter Station, Boys
Market, Howard Johnson's, Holiday Inn, North Oaks Shopping Center, Panorama Towers, schools, and freeway and railroad damage.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Earthquakes -- California -- San Fernando Valley -- Photographs.
box 1, folder 3
Sylmar Converter Station.
box 1, folder 11
San Fernando Juvenile Hall.
box 2, folder 3
Indian Hill Medical Center.
box 2, folder 4
North Oaks Shopping Center.
box 2, folder 5
Pacoima Lutheran Hospital.
box 2, folder 7
West Los Angeles Parking Structure.
box 3, folder 2
Miscelaneous aerial views.
box 3, folder 8
Unidentified photographs.
box 3, folder 9
Olive View Elementary School.
