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Views of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
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Title:
Views of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fireAbstract:
Collection contains views taken in San Francisco during and after the disaster of 1906. Views show earthquake and fire damage,
fires burning, soldiers, refugees and refugee camps, and reconstruction efforts. Among the locations and buildings pictured
are Golden Gate Park, Nob Hill, Fairmont Hotel, Market St., Call Building, City Hall, and South of Market District. Also includes
photos of an unidentified town, a night scene taken in San Jose or San Francisco, a railroad depot on Mt. Tamalpais, an unidentified
man in a canyon, and an unidentified stream. Photographers are unidentified.
Date:
1906 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caEarthquakes -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Fires -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 -- Photographs
Tremblements de terre -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Incendies -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Tremblement de terre de San Francisco, Calif., 1906 -- Photographies
Earthquakes
Fires
California
California -- San Francisco
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Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographers unknown.
Photographic prints are chiefly modern prints from original negatives.
GLASS NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Type:
graphicPhotographs.
Glass negatives.
Physical Description:
photonegative
photoprint
63 negatives : glass, b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
64 photographic prints : b&w ; various sizes.
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
GLASS NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.