Salvaging Belongings From Quake -- An unidentified man salvages a couple of plastic tubs and some clothing from his wrecked home in background. A destructive earthquake, which levelled the major portion of the Anchorage business district, opened the fissure at right. Whole streets dropped 10 to 15 feet.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Salvaging Belongings From Quake -- An unidentified man salvages a couple of plastic tubs and some clothing from his wrecked home in background. A destructive earthquake, which levelled the major portion of the Anchorage business district, opened the fissure at right. Whole streets dropped 10 to 15 feet.

Associated Press · [ca. March 1964]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Earthquake Alaska 1964

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