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[Aftermath of the Long Beach earthquake in Long Beach and Compton, California]
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5 black-and-white snapshots documenting the wreckage and destruction to various buildings caused by the Long Beach earthquake of 1933. Scenes include debris in the streets of Long Beach; a view of U.S. Marines walking through a Long Beach street; a destroyed Long Beach church; a view from the street of a building in Compton with the exterior wall destroyed and interior rooms visible; and the rubble before the Haigh Drug Co. store in Compton.
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Photographs and postcards of the Long Beach, California, earthquake
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Collection of photographs and postcards of the Long Beach, California, earthquake
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Image of a crowd sitting amid beach umbrellas watching two pugilists boxing in an outdoor boxing ring on the beach in front of the Santa Monica Athletic Club in Santa Monica, California. The crane and flat-bottom barge at the end of the pier that was used to build the breakwater in 1934 can be seen at upper left.
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