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San Francisco earthquake and fire views, including group portraits of adjusters [graphic]
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Title:
San Francisco earthquake and fire views, including group portraits of adjustersCreator/Contributor:
Shaw & Shaw, creatorAbstract:
Collection contains six group portraits of unidentified insurance adjusters in San Francisco following the earthquake and
fire of 1906. In four of the portraits, they pose before the ruins of the San Francisco City Hall; in two they pose on the
steps of an unidentified building. Also included is an oversize view of the ruins of City Hall with one unidentified man posing
in the foreground. All the photographs were taken by Shaw and Shaw.
Date:
1906 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caInsurance adjusters -- Portraits
Fires -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 -- Photographs
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Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographed by Shaw & Shaw.
NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. USE VIEWING PRINTS ONLY: Viewing prints shelved as BANC PIC 1977.110--AX and BANC PIC 1977.110--B.
Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
Type:
graphicGroup portraits.
Physical Description:
graphic
photonegative
7 negatives : b&w, glass ; 36 x 44 cm and 28 x 36 cm
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. USE VIEWING PRINTS ONLY: Viewing prints shelved as BANC PIC 1977.110--AX and BANC PIC 1977.110--B.
Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.