“The general damage to and occasional collapse of schools throughout the severely shaken area revealed the weakness of the prevailing type of construction used for this purpose.” Scrapbook. R. R. Martel Papers.
“This frame residence in Compton is an exception to the rule that this type of construction was but slightly damaged. It was built on very high unbraced underpinning and had been greatly weakened by termites. Scrapbook. R. R. Martel Papers.
“Representative examples of Long Beach schools of masonry construction, nearly all of which were so badly damaged that they have been torn down.” Scrapbook. R. R. Martel Papers.
“Representative examples of Long Beach schools of masonry construction, nearly all of which were so badly damaged that they have been torn down.” Scrapbook. R. R. Martel Papers.
