Post Quake Demolition photographs, circa 1914

Summary

Creators:

Stanford University

Extent:

0.25 Linear Feet

Language:

Undetermined .

Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Post Quake Demolition Photographs (PC0076). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of 47 photographic negatives with contact prints, largely documenting demolition work on the damaged Stanford Museum following the 1906 earthquake, including the lowering of the still-intact glass dome. Several images include groups of workers and the horse-drawn carts and wagons used to haul away the debris. Other subjects include university employee Fred Frehe, ("farm boss"), the demolition of the statue of faith, and several post-quake images of the campus.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906
Earthquakes.

Names:

Blois, Susan
Blois, Richard M.

Restrictions:

Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.

Terms of access:

While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Post Quake Demolition Photographs (PC0076). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:

Stanford University, University Archives

Stanford University Archives, Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US

Contact:

(650) 725-1022

specialcollections@stanford.edu

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