Smith (W. S.) San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Stereographs, 1906, 1906

Summary

Title:

San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Stereographs by W.S. Smith,

Dates:

1906

Creators:

W.S. Smith

Extent:

24 color stereographs, 9 x 18 cm. 24 digital objects

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Stereographs by W.S. Smith, BANC PIC 1981.116 --STER, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Stereographs by W.S. Smith collection contains 24 color stereographs published in San Francisco in 1906 by W.S. Smith during and following the earthquake and fire which destroyed much of the city. Notable scenes of devastation include buildings such as the Palace Hotel, the United States Mint, City Hall, the Grand Hotel, Temple Emanu-El, St. Patrick's Church, the Call Building, St. Mary's Hospital, The Hall of Justice, and St. Ignatius Church, as well as areas such as Russian Hill, Market Street, and Portsmouth Square. Also pictured are refugee camps at Fort Mason, Jefferson Square and Union Square.

The stereographs appear to be photomechanical reproductions, perhaps the result of a half-tone color process.

Acquisition information:

The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Stereographs collection was purchased in 1981.

Related resources

Alternative form available:

Digital representations of selected original pictorial materials are available in the list of materials below. Digital image files were prepared from selected Library originals by the Library Photographic Service. Library originals were copied onto 35mm color transparency film; the film was scanned and transferred to Kodak Photo CD (by Custom Process); and the Photo CD files were color-corrected and saved in JFIF (JPEG) format for use as viewing files.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Processed by Chris McDonald.

Date Prepared:

1996

Date Encoded:

Machine-readable finding aid was created using various methods. The container list was automatically generated from the California Heritage Digital Image Access Project control database using perl; the contextual information was partially derived from existing text, with additional information added during the editing process. Date of source: September 1996 . Machine-readable finding aid created by Campbell J. Crabtree

Restrictions:

Collection is open for use.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Stereographs by W.S. Smith, BANC PIC 1981.116 --STER, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

510-642-6481

bancref-library@berkeley.edu

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