Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Administrative Information
Scope and Content
Collection Summary
Collection Title: New San Francisco: Three Years after the Great Conflagration: Photographs,
Date: 1909
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1933.007 -- ALB
Extent:
24 mounted photographs; compiled in an album, 23 x 33 cm.
24 digital objects
Photographer:
Edward N. Sewell
Repository:
The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Languages Represented:
English
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is available for use.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted
in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must
also be obtained by the reader.
Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted
to research and educational purposes.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]
New San Francisco: Three Years after the Great Conflagration: Photographs, 1909, BANC PIC 1933.007 --ALB, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Digital Representations Available
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The New San Francisco album was received as a gift of the James D. Phelan estate in 1932.
Scope and Content
The New San Francisco album contains 24 mounted prints taken by Edward N. Sewell in 1909 representing the state of recovery
of San Francisco three years after the devastating earthquake and fire of 1906 which destroyed much of the city. The album
primarily features scenes of the city's financial district, mostly along Market Street and its cross streets. Buildings pictured
include the Phelan Building, the Crocker Building, First National Bank, the Palace Hotel, the Chronicle Building, the Monadnock
Building, Mutual Bank, the Aronson Building, the Call Building, the Roos Brothers Building, Humboldt Bank, the Flood Building,
the Emporium, the Westbank Building, the Fyfe Building, the White House, the City of Paris, the Bank of California, and the
Hotel St. Francis. The album also includes a view from the top of the Ferry Building westward, showing the overall development
of the portion of the city most damaged by the 1906 disaster.