More about life in Anchorage in the days and weeks following the 9.2-magnitude earthquake March 27, 1964. A lot of freezing in the dark, suffering through aftershocks and dealing with a wrecked city. Ralph and Dick Mayo venture into the debris of Dick’s former rooming house, now pitched at a near 45-degree angle to retrieve Dick’s personal effects.
The Denali Theater at 4th Ave. and B St. sunk 10 feet into the ground as a result of the quake. Dick Mayo’s rooming house was nearby to this location. Edith and Edward Lindsay papers, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Photo courtesy Grover Wright, on Facebook
Debris from destroyed buildings, looking east down 4th Ave. from C St. on April 24, 1964.
Page from the Alaska Sportsman Magazine earthquake issue.
JCPenney building, 5th Ave., across the street from Ralph’s office building and National Guard patrol officers.
4th Ave. and C St. Buildings cleaned out and ready for demolition. Photo courtesy Grover Wright, on Facebook.
This photo and next two: downtown Anchorage street where ground failure buckled and sunk all the houses on the block. W. 5th Ave. and K St. vicinity. Photos courtesy Grover Wright, on Facebook.
Total devastation in Anchorage’s Turnagain neighborhood. Photos courtesy Grover Wright, on Facebook.
Sign in Valdez, AK with the names of the people who perished in the quake and tsunami.