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Photographs from the 1971 earthquake show building damage, and photographs of rescues and action from first responders. They also depict patients and staff post-earthquake. A photograph of then governor, Ronald Regan, at Olive View just after the earthquake is included. Extensive building photographs that were taken for insurance purposes are included.

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A small collection of photographs from the 1994 Northridge earthquake are included in this series. These mostly include damage, which was minimal for this earthquake.

Scope and Contents Photographs of buildings and grounds can be found throughout the collection, sometimes mixed in with photographs of patients and staff, other times in compilations or scrapbooks. This collection of photographs depicts buildings and grounds from the early days of Olive View through the 1990s. There is a set of architectural renderings of some of the newer buildings, as well as a set of architectural photographs done by a professional photographer. Other photographs were taken by patients and...