Extent:

3 albums (ca. 630 items)

Scope and content:

Title from covers of volumes 1 & 2.

Collection contains views of San Francisco from the 1860s until just after the 1906 earthquake and fire. Albums: vol. 1. (ca. 1875-ca. 1906), general views of San Francisco, street scenes, individual buildings, Woodwards Gardens, Golden Gate Park, Chinatown, etc. -- vol. 2. (ca. 1860's-1907), general views, street scenes, mansions, Chinatown, businesses, etc. "Selleck's Photographic Gallery" sign appears in one of the photos -- vol. 3 (1906), San Francisco earthquake and fire, general views of the city and individual buildings, refugee camps in Golden Gate Park and in La Fayette Square (in a few instances a photographer at work is visible) stores in burned down districts, street kitchens, temporary businesses, etc.

Item descriptions only available for v. 3.

Subjects:

Disaster relief--California--San Francisco
Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Photographs
Fires--California--San Francisco--Photographs
San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906--Photographs

Places:

Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)--Pictorial works
Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, Calif.)--Pictorial works
San Francisco (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Pictorial works

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