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206B -- Earthquake damage to Hampton Furniture Co., Santa Ana, CA., 1933

 Item — Document box: 27, Folder: 2
Identifier: SS-206B

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of photographs taken between 1882 and 1953 of various exterior locations primarily in Orange County, California, including Santa Ana, Tustin, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Garden Grove, Orange, San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Hot Springs, and Irvine. There are also photographs of Catalina Island and Riverside. More than half of the photographs date to the period prior to 1900. The collection includes in most cases the glass plate or film negatives used to create the prints.

Dates

  • 1933

Creator

Extent

From the Collection: 27 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions are available electronically: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/c8cr5s4q. CFLS_145.

Related Materials

Medium Format Negative. Glass Negative. Box.

General

Earthquake damage to the Hampton Furniture Co., 325 E. Fourth, where the entire upper floor of the building had collapsed. The 6.3 magnitude Long Beach Earthquake of March 10, 1933 caused wide-spread damage in Orange and Los Angeles counties. Sewing machine shop and Vogue Cleaners located on the same block. Several vechicles are on the street. Four workers are removing the building debris. Two individuals are standing on the sidewalk on the next block. Santa Ana, CA.

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the CSUF University Archives & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University Archives & Special Collections
Pollak Library South Room 352 (PLS 352)
Fullerton CA 92831-3599 USA
(657) 278-4751