E.N. Sewell Photographs of San Francisco One Year After the 1906 Earthquake and Fire
Bancroft Library Staff
The Bancroft Library
2018
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: [E.N. Sewell photographs of San Francisco one year after the 1906 earthquake and fire]
Creator:
Sewell, E. N. (Edward N.)
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 2018.029--fALB
Physical Description:
24 photographs
in 1 album
: gelatin silver prints
; prints 19 x 24 cm, album 24 x 32 cm
Date (inclusive): 1907
Abstract: Professional quality street scenes and views of buildings documenting reconstruction efforts in San Francisco one year after
the April 18, 1906 earthquake and subsequent fires destroyed much of the city.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
The E.N. Sewell photographs of San Francisco one year after the 1906 earthquake and fire were given to The Bancroft Library
by the estate of
Kay A. Barresi in 2017.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], E.N. Sewell photographs of San Francisco one year after the 1906 earthquake and fire, BANC PIC 2018.029,
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Content Description
Professional quality street scenes and views of buildings documenting reconstruction efforts in San Francisco one year after
the April 18, 1906 earthquake and subsequent fires destroyed much of the city.
Note
One in a series of at least 4 albums, apparently issued one per year, containing Sewell's photographs documenting damage and
reconstruction following the 1906 disaster. These titles (some printed on covers, some devised by cataloger) in Bancroft Library
collections are: [E.N. Sewell photographs of San Francisco shortly after the 1906 earthquake and fire] (BANC PIC 2018.028)
– [E.N. Sewell photographs of San Francisco one year after the 1906 earthquake and fire] (BANC PIC 2018.029) -- San Francisco:
a few views showing progress in reconstruction two years after the great conflagration (BANC PIC 2018.030) -- New San Francisco
: three years after the great conflagration ( BANC PIC 1933.007).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906
Buildings -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Streets -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs
Sewell, E. N. (Edward N.)
volume (fALB), item 1
California Street west from Market St.,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 2
Market St. east from Kearny St. Chronicle Bldg. Crocker Bldg.,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 3
Market St. east from Fourth St. Call Bldg. Humboldt Bank,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 4
Market St. west from Fourth St. Pacific Bldg. Emporium,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 5
Mission St. west from Fremont St. Scott Bldg.,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 6
Mission St. west from First St. Wells Fargo Bldg.,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 7
Mission St. west from New Montgomery St. Aronson Bldg.,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 8
Mission St. west from Second St. Rialto Bldg.,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 9
Kearny St. north from Market St. Chronicle Bldg.,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 10
Third St. north from Mission St. Aronson Bldg. Call Bldg. Grace Bldg.,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 11
First St north from Mission St. Langley & Michaels,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 12
Third St. south across Mission St. Grace Bldg. Williams Bldg. Gunst Bldg. Aronson Bldg.,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 13
Montgomery St. north from Market St. French Bank. Mills Bldg. Union Trust,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 14
California St. west from Sansome St. Bank of Cala [i.e. Bank of California]. Alaska Comcl. [i.e. Alaska Commercial] Bldg.,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 15
California St east from Battery St. Welch Bldg.,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 16
California St. west from Montgomery St.,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 17
Sutter St. west from Montgomery. Sherman & Clay. French Bank,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 18
Kearny St. west side north from Bush. Macdonough Bldg.,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 19
Kearny St. east side north from Bush. Baldwin & Howell,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 20
Post St. looking east across Kearny St. Bullock & Jones Bldg.,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 21
Post St. Grant Avenue. Shreve Bldg. Jewelers Bldg. Excavation for Head Bldg.,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 22
Geary St. west from Grant Ave. [Hotel] St. Francis,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 23
Geary St. west from Powell St. Hotel Stewart. [Hotel] St. Francis,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph
volume (fALB), item 24
N.W. corner Sutter & Stockton Sts.,
1907
Physical Description:
1 photograph