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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
San Francisco through earthquake and fire
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
Two photograph albums of San Francisco after the earthquake in 1906. Also two maps showing burned districts of San Francisco.
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Visual Materials
Image of nineteen views of scenes and buildings in San Francisco, California, after the great earthquake and fire of 1906; views of buildings and elevated street views show destruction from the disaster, including people taking refuge in Golden Gate Park, distribution of bread, and ruins from various vantage points in the city; each scene is captioned.
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Visual Materials
Photographs by an unknown photographer documenting the aftermath of the April 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco, California. Images depict the devastated buildings and landscape as well as tent cities and bird's eye views over the city.
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Visual Materials
86 photographs of the destruction caused by the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco. Views include street scenes with pedestrians and bystanders and destroyed or damaged commercial buildings and private residences with a focus on many of the city's breweries and malt houses. The photographer, Theodore Rueger, was the proprietor of the Benicia Brewery and Soda Works in Benicia, California. Eighteen of the photographs were reproduced in the June 1, 1906 edition of the "American Brewers' Review" in an article entitled "In Stricken Frisco."
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