Photograph by Paul Corliss 0039

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A photograph of a toppled bookcase in a living room.

UC Civil and Natural Resources Engineering Photograph 106

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A photograph of a bookcase in the Civil Suite at the University of Canterbury after the 4 September 2010 earthquake. The photograph was taken on the day when the staff were allowed to return to the building. The shelves of the bookcase have been removed, exposing damage along the sides where they knocked against the back panel. Some books have been left on the bottom shelf.

Elizabeth Ackermann Photograph 010

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A photograph of a toppled bookcase in the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering and the University of Canterbury after the 4 September 2010 earthquake.

Photograph by Paul Corliss 0040

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A photograph of a woman sitting in a bedroom next to a toppled bookcase.

Photograph number UC 10-0493-072

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Documents fallen off the bookcase and filing furniture toppled in the Vice Chancellor's office.

Canterbury Earthquake September 2010

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I didn't even know the bookshelf had fallen on me till later that morning. When I saw the bookcase and books all over the bed, I was glad to be only 5 foot tall or my legs would have been crushed by sturdy books like 'A day in the life of the Soviet Union' and some thumping big art books, or even the cheapo board bookcase with half its shelves...