California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Earthquake damage in Inglewood, showing row of decimated structures, June 1920

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Earthquake damage in Inglewood, showing row of decimated structures, June 1920

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Photograph of earthquake damage in Inglewood, showing row of decimated structures, June 1920. Two large, two-story buildings can be seen directly adjacent to one another at center. Two doors and several windows are visible along the base of each building. On the second floor, the outer wall has collapsed exposing the rooms within. Several wooden chairs and desks can be seen in the upper-story rooms at left, while a bed and dresser can be seen in the upper-story rooms at right. At the base of the building, piles of brick, wooden planks, and debris can be seen.

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Title Earthquake damage in Inglewood, showing row of decimated structures, June 1920

Subject buildings (adlf), buildings (lcsh), Earthquakes (lcsh), 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 : photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5749

Identifier 44963 (accession number), CHS-44963 (call number), CHS-44963 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5774 (legacy record id), chs-m5749 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5870 (legacy record id), 85-6-24 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5774

Unique identifier UC127684

Legacy Identifier CHS-44963.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 22.4 in × 15.0 in at 300dpi
57.0 cm × 38.1 cm at 300dpi

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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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