Identifier	uaa-hmc-0461-s6a-f1-51-AE(a)-10-9
Collection Name	Robert and Wilma Knox papers, 1949-2001. UAA-HMC-0461
Title	Anchorage after the 1964 earthquake.
Description	View of damage to buildings in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Image includes men, women, buildings, a crane, and a number of stores. Anchorage Westward Hotel is the tall building in the center of the image. Banner over the street, Fourth (4th) Avenue, in distance, reads Anchorage All-American City. Signs on buildings, left side of image, read Recordings Audiocam, RCA Victor Color TV, Stereo, Radio, Television. A jumble of signs show the words Retail Wholesale, Union Club, and signs which are obscured. Down the street, cars and trucks and a construction worker are visible.
Required citation	Robert and Wilma Knox papers, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage
Subject.TGM	Earthquakes Buildings Building failures Stores & shops Hotels Automobiles Trucks Signs Utility poles Lampposts Electric lines
Subject.LCSH	Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964
Corporate Name	Anchorage Westward Hotel (Anchorage, Alaska)
Location	Anchorage (Alaska)
Region	Southcentral Alaska
Time Period	1959 and later
Date.original	1964;
Type	Image (Photographs)
Related Materials	https://archives.consortiumlibrary.org/collections/specialcollections/hmc-0461
Ordering & Use	https://archives.consortiumlibrary.org/collections/online-materials/
Holding Institution	University of Alaska Anchorage. Consortium Library. Archives & Special Collections. 3211 Providence Dr. Anchorage, AK 99508, 1-907-786-1849 . mailto:archives@uaa.alaska.edu
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Anchorage after the 1964 earthquake.

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