Reconstruction Starts -- Linemen go to work late yesterday at Crescent City in the task of gathering up loose ends after tidal wave Friday night that devastated much of the coastal town. National guardsmen are o duty in the area to keep order and prevent looting. The tidal wave resulting from the Alaska earthquake damaged more than 300 buildings.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Reconstruction Starts -- Linemen go to work late yesterday at Crescent City in the task of gathering up loose ends after tidal wave Friday night that devastated much of the coastal town. National guardsmen are o duty in the area to keep order and prevent looting. The tidal wave resulting from the Alaska earthquake damaged more than 300 buildings.

Associated Press · [ca. March 1964]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Earthquake Alaska 1964

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