I read that LA Times story today, a couple of days late. I was logging on to the site about ten minutes ago when we had a pretty good earthquake. A strong jolt that lasted about ten seconds.
Office workers in the Civic Center area would have sworn yesterday that an earthquake occurred about 3:30 p.m. Well, the earth did shake, but it wasn’t caused by turmoil beneath the earth’s surface.
The vibration was merely the result of a falling wall at the site of the old Mason Theater, being demolished on Broadway between 1st and 2nd streets. Workmen accomplished the task by attaching a steel cable to the top of the wall and then pulling. The wall buckled in the center and came tumbling down.
Here is a 1956 photo. I’ve been having trouble scrolling through some of these larger entries, so if it’s already here somewhere I apologize. http://tinyurl.com/pp5e9q
Here is a December 1926 ad from the same source:
http://tinyurl.com/optr9m
Here is a February 1940 ad from the Ada Evening News:
http://tinyurl.com/qnm4bz
Here is a February 1940 ad from the Ada Evening News:
http://tinyurl.com/qjjl2h
I read that LA Times story today, a couple of days late. I was logging on to the site about ten minutes ago when we had a pretty good earthquake. A strong jolt that lasted about ten seconds.
Here is a February 14, 1955 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/okzgj7
Here is a January 1950 ad from the LA Times. Jan Peerce was one of my dad’s favorite singers, along with Al Jolson.
http://tinyurl.com/owldvf
Here is a January 1950 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/qzmg5h
Here are additional photos from 1982 and 1983:
http://tinyurl.com/p7gnq7
http://tinyurl.com/qba8ls
http://tinyurl.com/r96m8w
Here is a January 1950 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/r25kc6
Hopefully you can weed out all this information. Keep us posted.
Here is an item in the LA Times on 11/8/56:
Office workers in the Civic Center area would have sworn yesterday that an earthquake occurred about 3:30 p.m. Well, the earth did shake, but it wasn’t caused by turmoil beneath the earth’s surface.
The vibration was merely the result of a falling wall at the site of the old Mason Theater, being demolished on Broadway between 1st and 2nd streets. Workmen accomplished the task by attaching a steel cable to the top of the wall and then pulling. The wall buckled in the center and came tumbling down.
Here is a 1956 photo. I’ve been having trouble scrolling through some of these larger entries, so if it’s already here somewhere I apologize.
http://tinyurl.com/pp5e9q
Here are two photos circa 1950s currently for sale on eBay:
http://tinyurl.com/px97gf
http://tinyurl.com/q9lvhw
Here is an April 1999 story from the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://tinyurl.com/q6gfds
This is a 1990 photo from the SFPL:
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Here is a 1983 photo when it was the Eric:
http://tinyurl.com/qjkxbs
Here is a September 1925 ad from the Alton Evening Telegraph:
http://tinyurl.com/qjgfws
Here is a March 1923 ad from the same source:
http://tinyurl.com/ppupfg
Here is a March 1923 ad from the Suburbanite Economist:
http://tinyurl.com/ofc22h
Here are photos from 1983 and 1984:
http://tinyurl.com/qq326h
http://tinyurl.com/onvh98
http://tinyurl.com/p636jl
Here are photos from 1940, 1982 and 1987:
http://tinyurl.com/qfh44e
http://tinyurl.com/orl2lh
http://tinyurl.com/q8csu8
Here is a 1942 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/pgt334
Thanks. If you move the photo around a bit you can see that this building had enough space to be a theater:
http://tinyurl.com/opxu4t
Here is a 1986 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/p5uzdl
Here is a 1971 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/pxuolc