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San Francisco earthquake and fire photomechanical stereograph set

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Description: A set of 60 color, photomechanically-printed stereograph images of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The cards have printed text, but the maker is unidentified. Cards are in a black box with title on top.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1906.
Call number: photCL 731
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of 1971.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.

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.

photCL 494

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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.

photCL 137

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San Francisco Earthquake

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The Harold A. Parker Studio Collection of Lantern Slides and Transparencies consists of 96 hand-colored lantern slides and autochrome lantern slides, and 52 color transparencies, ca. 1900-1930, depicting houses, landscapes, plants and gardens in and around Pasadena; the Huntington Hotel in Pasadena; aerial views, presumably of Pasadena; mountain lakes and landscapes; desert landscapes and flora; the Grand Canyon, Pueblo ruins, and the Petrified Forest; unidentified landscapes; and the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

photLS 402

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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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San Francisco earthquake and fire photomechanical stereograph set

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