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Damage to telephone company building from earthquake of December 1917
Damage to telephone company building from earthquake of December 1917
Object Number 2004.1.393.5
Display Title Damage to telephone company building from earthquake of December 1917
Descriptions
Object Description Caption on postcard: "Empresa de Telefonos, Guatemala, C. A."; written on album page: "Earthquake of Dec., 1917"
Department Photographic
Date 1926 - 1932
Artist Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
Culture
  • Guatemalan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Guatemala
Materials Postcard adhered to Paper in Album
Dimensions Overall: 8.5725 × 13.97 cm (3 3/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

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