Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Town Razed By Earthquake -- This air view shows the town of Casma on the Pacific Coast, totally destroyed by the massive earthquake which shook northern Peru Sunday. Once a home for more than 3,000 Peruvians, the town is located 50 miles west of Huaraz, which was also destroyed by the earthquake. Earthquake Peru, May, 70.
Town Razed By Earthquake -- This air view shows the town of Casma on the Pacific Coast, totally destroyed by the massive earthquake which shook northern Peru Sunday. Once a home for more than 3,000 Peruvians, the town is located 50 miles west of Huaraz, which was also destroyed by the earthquake. Earthquake Peru, May, 70.
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Town Razed By Earthquake -- This air view shows the town of Casma on the Pacific Coast, totally destroyed by the massive earthquake which shook northern Peru Sunday. Once a home for more than 3,000 Peruvians, the town is located 50 miles west of Huaraz, which was also destroyed by the earthquake. Earthquake Peru, May, 70.

Associated Press · [ca. June 1970]

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Earthquakes - Peru June 1970

🔒
Order museum-quality prints

Sign in to order prints, canvas, and more of this work. Browsing and full-resolution downloads stay free.

More from Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Milwaukee Brewers catcher Ellie Rodríguez tags out Boston Red Sox first baseman George Scott at home plate for third out of triple play
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
Milwaukee Brewers catcher Ellie Rodríguez tags out Boston Red Sox first baseman George Scott at home plate for third out of triple play
Carpenter, Julian, 1909-1995
People lining up to greet Catholic officials
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
People lining up to greet Catholic officials
Unknown artist
Listening to the music, Hampton Beach, N.H.
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
Listening to the music, Hampton Beach, N.H.
Unknown artist
A New Twist to Demonstrations--Zubin Mehta, right, director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, leads a 120-piece university orchestra, a 350-member choir and some 5,000 students in Handel's "Messiah" during "Music for Peace" antiwar demonstration on the UCLA campus Monday afternoon.
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
A New Twist to Demonstrations--Zubin Mehta, right, director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, leads a 120-piece university orchestra, a 350-member choir and some 5,000 students in Handel's "Messiah" during "Music for Peace" antiwar demonstration on the UCLA campus Monday afternoon.
Associated Press