Guide to the San Francisco Earthquake Photographs MSS.Photo.0534
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2021
Green Library
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Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: San Francisco Earthquake Photographs
Creator:
Newsom, John F. (John Flesher), 1869-1928
source:
J.F. Branner, original donor
Creator:
Pillsbury Picture Co.
Creator:
Bear Photo Service (San Francisco, Calif.)
Creator:
Lawrence, Geo. R. (George R.)
Creator:
Bushnell Foto Co.
Creator:
Street, W. J.
Creator:
Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922
Creator:
Anderson, Robert Van Vleck, 1884-1949
Creator:
Moran, Robert B., 1879-1961
Creator:
Fairbanks, W. W.
Creator:
Durrell, C. E.
Creator:
Commercial Art Co.
Creator:
Haley, George W., 1879-1963
Creator:
Gardiner, William Everard
Creator:
Horne, Robert W., 1880-
Creator:
Dudley, William Russel, 1849-1911
Creator:
Hodson & Walsh
Creator:
Moller, J. B.
Creator:
Moran, Jack
Creator:
O. Newman
Creator:
Stewart & Rogers
Creator:
Smith
Creator:
Waring, Gerald A. (Gerald Ashley), 1883-
Creator:
Stoddard
Creator:
Webster, F. A. (Frederick Arthur), 1860-
Creator:
Lick Observatory
Creator:
Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.Photo.0534
Identifier/Call Number: 241
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
(1 box, 3 oversize folders)
Date (inclusive): 1906
Abstract: Photographs documenting the 1906 earthquake in California.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Most photographs have
been digitized.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accessions MSS 2007-038, 2016-164, 2016-174 and others.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], San Francisco earthquake photographs (MSS Photo 0534). Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Scope and Contents
Artificial collection of photographs chronicling the after-effects of the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906. The core
of the collection consists of images fromy the California State Earthquake Investigation Commission expeditions led by John
Caspar Branner, many of which were published as figures in their reports. To these have been added various unassociated earthquake
photographs in Stanford's holdings, including images of damage in Redwood City, Mendocino County, and many in downtown San
Francisco. There is also a series of panoramic aerial photographs, most published by San Francisco newspapers.
Conditions Governing Use
This material is believed to be in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906
Geology -- Earthquakes -- Photographs
Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco.
San Francisco -- California
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
J.F. Branner, original donor
box 1, folder 1
Lick Observatory record of first 15 seconds of quake
box 1, folder 2
unidentified places- building damage
box 1, folder 3
unidentified places - fault escarpments
box 1, folder 4
Santa Cruz Mountains: Woodside, Portola Valley, Searsville, Milpitas/Coyote Creek, Wright's etc.
box 1, folder 8
St. Patricks Seminary (2 postcards)
box 1, folder 9
Saratoga, Watsonville, Salinas, Half Moon Bay, Cahill Ridge fault escarpments
box 1, folder 11
Marin County- Olema, Pt. Reyes, Marshall, Tomales Bay (& at least 1 Milpitas)
box 1, folder 14
Mendocino County fault escarpments
box 1, folder 15
San Francisco - W.J. Street commercial prints
box 1, folder 16
San Francisco - credited commercial prints
box 1, folder 17
San Francisco - numbered or captioned prints
box 1, folder 19
unidentified negative signed "Evans" possibly San Francisco
box 1, folder 20
San Francisco mounted prints
box 1, folder 21
San Francisco - Market Street Area (unbound photo album)
box 1, folder 22
Oakland
Scope and Contents
1 print, duplicate transferred from Gardiner collection.
box 1, folder 23
Santa Barbara County - Lompoc Hills - Robert Anderson
map-folder 2
Birds-Eye View of Ruins of San Francisco From Captive Airship 600 Feet Above Folsom Between 5th and 6th Streets. By Geo. R.
Lawrence Co. Chicago, Illinois
May 5, 1906
Physical Description: Stamped "Smith Brothers 470-474 13th St. Oakland, Calif."
map-folder 2
San Francisco Two Years After. Photograph From Lawrence Captive Airship. 1000 Ft. Above California and Powell Sts.
May 9, 1908
map-folder 3
San Francisco Examiner Supplement - Birdseye View of the Ruins of San Francisco. (c) Geo. R. Lawrence
May 13, 1906
map-folder 3
San Francisco Examiner Supplement - Panoramic View of San Francisco From the Water Front (c) Geo. R. Lawrence
June 3, 1906
Physical Description: 2 copies
map-folder 3
San Francisco Examiner Supplement - Birdseye View of San Francisco From Top of Wrecked City Hall Dome. (c) Hearst
June 10, 1906
map-folder 3
San Francisco Examiner Supplement - In the Heart of the Ruins - Panorama Taken From The Roof of the St. Francis Hotel. (c)
Hearst
June 24, 1906
Physical Description: 2 copies
map-folder 3
San Francisco Examiner Supplement No.1 - The Stretch of Ruin From Nob Hill to Russian Hill, Taken From the Top of the Fairmount
Hotel. Telephoto by Theodore Kytka. (c) Kytka
July 8, 1906
Physical Description: 2 copies
map-folder 3
San Francisco Examiner Supplement No.2 - Panorama of the Ruins in the Valley That Sweeps from Russian Hill to Telegraph Hill.
Showing Alcatraz Island in the Distance. (c) Kytka)
July 15, 1906
Physical Description: 2 copies
map-folder 3
San Francisco Examiner Supplement No.3 - Panorama of the Ruins From Telegraph Hill to the Base of Rincon Hill. Showing All
that Remains of the Heart of the Wholesale and Manufacturing Districts. (c) Kytka
July 22, 1906
map-folder 3
San Francisco Examiner Supplement No.4 - Panorama of the Fashionable Shopping and Retail Districts as the Camera Sees Them.
From the Top of the Fairmount Hotel. (c) Kytka
July 29, 1906
Physical Description: 2 copies
map-folder 3
San Francisco Examiner Supplement No.5 - Panorama of the Western Addition and the Mission. Showing the Ruins of the City Hall
and St. Ignatius College, With Twin Peaks and Strawberry Hill in the Distance. (c) Kytka
August 5, 1906
map-folder 4
Panorama of San Francisco From the Ferry Building. (c) Pillsbury Co. No. 230
1906
Physical Description: Print is torn.