San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake of, 1868

Summary

Creators:

William Shew , Hector W. Vaughan , Eadweard Muybridge , Isaiah W. Taber

Extent:

11 cartes de visite, 10 x 7 cm.; 2 stereographs, 9 x 18 cm. 14 digital objects

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake of 1868 , BANC PIC 1984.021 --CDV, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

The San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake of 1868 collection contains eleven cartes de visite and two stereographs taken in 1868 by various photographers. The collection documents the damage exacted by the Hayward earthquake of October 21, 1868, estimated to have had a Richter scale magnitude of seven. Hayward structures pictured in the collection include the Edminton Grain Warehouse, the Morse and Heslep Flour Mill, and the San Leandro Courthouse. Also pictured is the Estudillo residence of San Leandro, and three San Francisco street scenes.

Several prints in the collection are the work of the early San Francisco daguerreotyper William Shew. Other identified photographers include Hector W. Vaughan, Eadweard Muybridge, and Isaiah W. Taber.

Acquisition information:

The San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake of 1868 collection was received as a gift of the Friends of the Bancroft Library in 1983.

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.

Restrictions:

Restricted originals. Use viewing prints only: shelved as BANC PIC 1984.021 --PIC. Use of originals only by permission of the Curator of Pictorial Collections, The Bancroft Library.

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 Bay Area Earthquake of 1868 , BANC PIC 1984.021 --CDV, 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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