Identifier:

BANC PIC 19xx.112

Dates:

1906

Extent:

1 album (134 photographic prints); 29 x 39 cm.

Scope and content:

Collection contains commercial photographic prints taken in San Francisco during and after the disaster of 1906. The views show cityscapes (including several sections of a panoramic view from atop the Fairmont Hotel, Nob Hill), fires burning, earthquake and fire damage, refugees and refugee camps, street kitchens, and looters. Among the buildings and locations pictured are City Hall, Hall of Justice, Valencia Street Hotel, Mission District, Market St., South of Market District, Wholesale District and Financial District. Photoraphers include the Pillsbury Picture Co., A.L. Murat, C.V. Estey, Willard E. Worden and True E. Hecht.

Subjects:

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

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