Collection Name	AMRC. CIHS McCutcheon Collection
Identifier	AMRC-b64-x-6-2
Title	Outside piece of wall from J.C. Penney's Dept. Store crushes car.
Description	View of 5th Avenue between D and E Streets looking west, downtown Anchorage, Alaska, in the aftermath of the 1964 earthquake. Businesses shown include Preservative Paints, Kimball's Store, Book Cache, Nerland's, National Bank of Alaska, Sears, Roebuck & Co., Cache Dining, Alaska State Bank, and J.C. Penney. From verso: "Alaska: Anchorage. Earthquake of 27 Mar 1964 - death struck here as a slap [sic] fell from the J C Penney Bldg. Property of the Cook Inlet Historical Society." Photographer's number 9245. March 1964. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
Creator	Steve & Delores McCutcheon, Alaska Pictorial Service
Contributors	McCutcheon, Steve, 1911-
Subject.TGM	Earthquakes Disasters Automobiles Buildings Building failures Stores & shops Banks Restaurants Bookstores Department stores Cities & towns Streets Business districts Hoisting machinery Signs (Notices)
Corporate Name	J.C. Penney Co. Kimball's Store (Anchorage, Alaska) Preservative Paints (Anchorage, Alaska) Book Cache (Anchorage, Alaska) Nerland's (Anchorage, Alaska) National Bank of Alaska Sears Roebuck and Company Cache Dining (Anchorage, Alaska) Alaska State Bank
Location	Anchorage (Alaska)
Region	Southcentral Alaska
Time Period	1959 and later
Date.original	March 1964
Type	Image (Photographs)
Ordering & Use	https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/collections/rights-and-reproduction/
Holding Institution	Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center. 625 C Street Anchorage, AK 99501 mailto:resourcecenter@anchoragemuseum.org
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Outside piece of wall from J.C. Penney's Dept. Store crushes car.

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