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Photograph of San Francisco Earthquake

Description: 25 photographs. Also: pass to cross the lines during the period after the San Francisco fire. San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906—Photographs
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1906
Call number: HM 48770
Creator: Spear (Family)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Spear, June 1980.; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Spear, September 1980.; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Spear, April 1988.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Photographs of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire

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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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Photographs of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire

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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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Photographs of the San Francisco Earthquake aftermath

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A collection of 68 photographs of the city of San Francisco, California, following the Earthquake of 1906, including elevated views of the ruins. Among the buildings shown are churches, office buildings, stores, government buildings, and the Bells of Shandon, a notorious "crimp house" saloon. Some of the photographs show views of the harbor, buckled streets, and still-smoking ruins.

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[Views documenting the devastation of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire]

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127 black-and-white photographs mounted on album boards documenting the ruins and damage following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire and primarily showing the damaged exteriors of buildings in San Francisco and at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. The photographs were commissioned and originally owned by Robert C. Jordan who helped rebuild the city. The photographer is unknown.

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San Francisco Earthquake and Fire collection

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Two photograph albums of San Francisco after the earthquake in 1906. Also two maps showing burned districts of San Francisco.

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Destruction of San Francisco by earthquake & fire

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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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