Earthquake damage to the Inglewood Grammar School, June 1920

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Photograph of earthquake damage to the Inglewood Grammar School, June 1920. The two-story school is at center and its main entrance is at left. A large staircase leads up to the front door, which is located on the second story. Rectangular windows in groups of three can be seen around the perimeter of the building. Large cracks are visible in the concrete walls, and large sections of the roof are missing. A row of thin hedges can be seen in the foreground. Picture file card reads "This school is almost a total wreck. The roof has fallen in and is in very bad shape".

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Title Earthquake damage to the Inglewood Grammar School, June 1920

Subject Earthquakes (lcsh), educational facilities (adlf), Elementary schools (lcsh), Inglewood Grammar School (subject), Los Angeles County -- Inglewood (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Inglewood (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1920-06-21

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1920-06-21

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5748

Identifier 33204 (accession number), CHS-33204 (call number), CHS-33204 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5776 (legacy record id), chs-m5748 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5869 (legacy record id), 85-6-19 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5776

Unique identifier UC127713

Legacy Identifier CHS-33204.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.6 in × 15.8 in at 300dpi
49.9 cm × 40.2 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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