WAUOlympiaEarthquakePH2009_051.xml Guide to the Olympia Earthquake Photograph Collection April 1949 Olympia Earthquake Photograph Collection Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2009 (Last modified: 4/18/2018)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written inEnglish. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections PH0869 Olympia Earthquake photograph collection April 1949 5 photographic prints (1 folder) ; sizes vary Collection materials are inEnglish. Photographs of damage to buildings in Olympia from the 1949 earthquake

On April 13, 1949 at 11:55 a.m., a 7.1 magnitude earthquake occurred in Western Washington, centered between Olympia and Tacoma. The effects were felt over a 230,000 square mile area, affecting all of Washington state, northwest Oregon and parts of southwest British Columbia, Idaho and even northwest Montana. The most damage occurred from Seattle to Chehalis. At Olympia, nearly all large buildings were damaged, water and gas mains were broken, and a large portion of a sandy spit jutting into Puget Sound disappeared.

Photographs of damage to buildings in Olympia, Washington in the aftermath of an earthquake.

View the digital version of the collection

Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Request at UW

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Found in collection, 2009

Processed by Odile Dumbleton, 2010 and Emily Craig, 2011.

Accessioned as PH2009-051.

 Photographs Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington) Olympia Photographs

 

1 Damaged building canopy in downtown Olympia April 1949 2 Damage to cornice of same building as in 1 April 1949 3 Downtown street view showing fallen canopy and rubble in street April 1949 4 Damage to old State Capitol building April 1949 5 State building being repaired after the earthquake April 1949

Written on verso: One of State Bldgs. under repair afterward.

 6 Damage to old State Capitol Building April 1949