Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›These four Long Beach State College students tempt fate as they dare tidal wave to engulfe them here early 3/28. L-R: Jerry Quinn, Jackie Butler, Beverly Blair, and John Carroll wait in the water for a tidal wave generated by a major earthquake in Alaska. However, nothing more that slightly higher than normal waves reached Southern California.
These four Long Beach State College students tempt fate as they dare tidal wave to engulfe them here early 3/28. L-R: Jerry Quinn, Jackie Butler, Beverly Blair, and John Carroll wait in the water for a tidal wave generated by a major earthquake in Alaska. However, nothing more that slightly higher than normal waves reached Southern California.
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These four Long Beach State College students tempt fate as they dare tidal wave to engulfe them here early 3/28. L-R: Jerry Quinn, Jackie Butler, Beverly Blair, and John Carroll wait in the water for a tidal wave generated by a major earthquake in Alaska. However, nothing more that slightly higher than normal waves reached Southern California.

United Press International · [ca. March 1964]

CC0 — Public Domain
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[Information from item housing] Earthquake Alaska 1964

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