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  • Tags: Disasters and Accidents
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The Palomar is still standing, though still closed; not much else is left on this block of Pacific Avenue.

Date: 1989
Type: PHOTO

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The Good Times building, housing the Blue Moon Cafe and Folk Arts among others, at 1110 Pacific Avenue. The building was demolished and the trees in front were cut down due to earthquake damage.

Date: 1989
Type: PHOTO

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The Gap's store for children, Gap Kids, closed off by caution tape. Plate glass still intact.

Date: 1989
Type: PHOTO

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The Del Mar Theatre seen through vacant lots and parking lots.

Date: 1989
Type: PHOTO

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Date: 1/17/1995
Source: San Jose Mercury News, January 17, 1995, p.1B.
Type: ARTICLE

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An illustration of a train accident, with a car tipped over off the tracks, near Santa Cruz, CA. Printed on the front of the card, "Terrible and Fatal Railroad Accident near Santa Cruz, May 23 1880".

Handwritten note on reverse: "P/SC - Railroads.…

Date: 1880
Type: POSTCARD

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A temporary pavilion, adorned by colorful flowering plants, is ready to open for the Christmas season after the 1989 earthquake. Signs indicate that the businesses in this tent include Bento Baki, Yesterday's, Monica's, Little Shanghai, Donatello,…

Date: 1989
Type: PHOTO

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Signs on the fence near the Public Works Department trailer point the way to the new temporary locations for several local businesses. Signs for The Vault, Heinz Biergarten, and Shockley's Jewelers.

Date: 1989
Type: PHOTO

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