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San Francisco Earthquake and Fire collection
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Destruction of San Francisco by earthquake & fire
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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 aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire
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