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[Wallace James Carr collection of San Francisco earthquake and fire photographs].
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Title:
[Wallace James Carr collection of San Francisco earthquake and fire photographs]Creator/Contributor:
Silman, A. L., creator, photographer.Abstract:
Snapshot views taken in San Francisco shortly after the earthquake and fire of 1906. Images document destruction and damage
to buildings and scenes in refugee and military camps. Noteworthy subjects include City Hall, the Flood Mansion and Fairmont
Hotel on Nob Hill, houses on Howard Street, refugees and soldiers among their tent encampments.
Date:
1906 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caSan Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 -- Photographs
Refugees -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Refugee camps -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Soldiers -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Tremblement de terre de San Francisco, Calif., 1906 -- Photographies
Réfugiés -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Camps de réfugiés -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Refugee camps
Refugees
Soldiers
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs
California
California -- San Francisco
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Photographed by A.L. Silman, a County Probation Officer of Merced, Calif.
Also includes original photo lab envelope (Thullen Studio, Shaffer Building, Merced) and a membership card for discounted
rates at the Hotel Canterbury and Maurice Hotel (both in Merced) issued to A.L. Silman by hotel manager George T. Thompson;
both shelved together in a separate folder.
Formerly owned by Wallace James Carr, father of donor. CU-BANC
Gift ; of Michael Carr ; 2021.
Wallace James Carr collection of San Francisco earthquake and fire photographs, BANC PIC 2022.007, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicPhotographs.
Physical Description:
photoprint
22 photographs in 1 folder : gelatin silver prints ; sheets 10 x 13 cm
Language:
English