Wreckage of J.C. Penney Department Store at Fifth Avenue and D Street
![Multiple floors, walls collapse of multistory department store. Equipment clearing debris and a dozen men standing around.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/media/images/pg00055_AKEQ1.jpg?itok=C8xxgVnK)
Detailed Description
Album caption: Wreckage of the J.C. Penney's Department Store at Fifth Avenue and D Street. Building failed after sustained seismic shaking. Most of rubble has been cleared from the streets. Anchorage, Anchorage District, Cook Inlet Region, Alaska, 1964. (Photo by George Plafker). Published as Figure 5 in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional Paper 542-A. 1965.
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Public Domain.
U.S. Geological Survey