Views of Earthquake Damage in Santa Barbara, California, 1925

Processed by Padma Rubiales.

The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California 94720-6000

1997

Views of Earthquake Damage in Santa Barbara, California, 1925

BANC PIC 1980.062--PIC

The Bancroft Library

University of California

Berkeley, California 1997

Finding aid and digital representations of archival materials funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Processed and encoded by:

California Heritage Digital Image Access Project staff in The Bancroft Library and The Library's Electronic Text Unit

Digital images processed by:

The Library Photographic Service

Finding aid completed:

October 1996

Collection Summary

Collection Title: Views of Earthquake Damage in Santa Barbara, California,

Date: 1925

Collection Number: BANC PIC 1980.062--PIC

Extent: 32 photographic prints; 13 x 18 cm. 32 digital objects

Photographer: Edwin Rick

Repository: The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.

Berkeley, California 94720-6000

Languages Represented: English

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is available for use.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item] Views of Earthquake Damage in Santa Barbara, California, BANC PIC 1980.062--PIC, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Digital Representations Available

Digital representations of selected original pictorial materials are available in the list of materials below. Digital image files were prepared from selected Library originals by the Library Photographic Service. Library originals were copied onto 35mm color transparency film; the film was scanned and transferred to Kodak Photo CD (by Custom Process); and the Photo CD files were color-corrected and saved in JFIF (JPEG) format for use as viewing files.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Unknown.

Scope and Content

This collection contains 32 black and white photographs of the Santa Barbara area, detailing the damage from an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale June 29, 1925. The photographs were taken by Edwin Rick, whose photographs are dated the day of the earthquake, and another unidentified photographer. Included are views of damage to various buildings, hotels, streets, and landmarks including the Santa Barbara Mission, Sheffield Reservoir, county jail, Lomas Drug Store, County National Bank, Arlington Hotel, San Marcos Building, Santa Barbara Hotel, and others.

Container Listing

:1 Garage, Santa Barbara Quake, June 29-25 [June 29, 1925]