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Photographs of the San Francisco Earthquake aftermath

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Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1906
Call number: photCL 112
Provenance: Gift of Clarendon B. Eyer, August 1960.
Dimensions: images 8 x 21 cm-19 x 24 cm
Associated people: Saake, Emil J., (1874-1941,)

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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Early views of San Francisco and photographs of 1906 earthquake aftermath

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Photographs of buildings in ruins, survivor's tents, streets, and other details of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Some small panoramas by Charles Z. Bailey. Also a few photographs of drawings of the city in the 19th century, and images of ships and shipwrecks in the bay.

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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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Views of the San Francisco Earthquake

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Contains photographs of buildings in ruins, some with signs visible, including for the Mission Theater, R. N. Mason & Co., the First National Bank, and Pete Dailey.

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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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Photographs of the San Francisco Earthquake aftermath

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