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Ruins of City Hall, [1906 earthquake, San Francisco, Calif.]

Ruins of City Hall, [1906 earthquake, San Francisco, Calif.]

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A new and finer crown for California / CH [monogram].

A new and finer crown for California / CH [monogram].

Illustration shows a female figure holding out a crown labeled "The New Frisco", fashioned after a city skyline; a bear sits on the ground next to her and, in the background, are 16th or 17th century sailing sh... More

First View of the Yosemite Valley from the Mariposa Trail

First View of the Yosemite Valley from the Mariposa Trail

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panorama photograph from Pine and Powell streets, San Francisco, taken after the earthquake, ca. 1905

Panorama photograph from Pine and Powell streets, San Francisco, taken...

Original Caption: Panorama photograph from Pine and Powell streets, San Francisco, taken after the earthquake, ca. 1905..Created By: U.S. Senate. Committee on Printing. (12/15/1841 - 1946)..From: Record Group/C... More

San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906

San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906

Picryl description: Public domain image of damaged, burned, or destroyed buildings, natural disaster, fire destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Interior of Arnold Genthe's studio on Clay Street in San Francisco

Interior of Arnold Genthe's studio on Clay Street in San Francisco

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, fireplace, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bernhardt, Sarah, in carriage in San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906

Bernhardt, Sarah, in carriage in San Francisco after the earthquake an...

Title devised from Genthe's records. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. PR6 card; SF

[Tent post office used after the San Francisco earthquake and fire]

[Tent post office used after the San Francisco earthquake and fire]

H78376 U.S. Copyright Office No. 91558. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Postal Service.

Arnold Genthe - San Francisco, April 18, 1906

Arnold Genthe - San Francisco, April 18, 1906

Title from a similar image in: Genthe's photographs of San Francisco's old Chinatown / photographs by Arnold Genthe ; selection and text by John Kuo Wei Tchen. New York : Dover Publications, 1984, pl. 120. Purc... More

Arnold Genthe - San Francisco, April 18, 1906

Arnold Genthe - San Francisco, April 18, 1906

Title from a similar image in: Genthe's photographs of San Francisco's old Chinatown / photographs by Arnold Genthe ; selection and text by John Kuo Wei Tchen. New York : Dover Publications, 1984, pl. 120. Purc... More

Foot of Market Street, showing earthquake upheaval, San Francisco, Cal.

Foot of Market Street, showing earthquake upheaval, San Francisco, Cal...

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Market St., east from 5th, San Francisco, Cal

Market St., east from 5th, San Francisco, Cal

"3151" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019209. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Charred corpse of a victim of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire

Charred corpse of a victim of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ruins of Pettibone Bros., New Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal

Ruins of Pettibone Bros., New Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal

"3172" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019235. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Arnold Genthe - On the ruins (April 1906), Chinatown, San Francisco

Arnold Genthe - On the ruins (April 1906), Chinatown, San Francisco

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Post and Montgomery sts., corner of Market, San Francisco, Cal

Post and Montgomery sts., corner of Market, San Francisco, Cal

"3169" on negative. Negative cracked upper left. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019243. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from Ameri... More

Union Street Near Pierce., Southern Methodist University collection

Union Street Near Pierce., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Union Street Near Pierce...Alternative Title: Outdoor Cooking Fell Street..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin ... More

[Sutter St. up from Grant Ave.]

[Sutter St. up from Grant Ave.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arnold Genthe - San Francisco, April 18, 1906

Arnold Genthe - San Francisco, April 18, 1906

Title from a similar image in: Genthe's photographs of San Francisco's old Chinatown / photographs by Arnold Genthe ; selection and text by John Kuo Wei Tchen. New York : Dover Publications, 1984, pl. 120. Purc... More

An unidentified area of San Francisco suffers total devastation. Unknown woman poses for a picture. On April 18, 1906 at 5:15 AM a quake of 8.25 on the Richter scale hit San Francisco. Greater destruction came from the fires afterwards. The city burned for three days. The combination destroyed 490 city blocks and 25,000 buildings, leaving 250,000 homeless and killing between 450 and 700. Estimated damages, over $350 million

An unidentified area of San Francisco suffers total devastation. Unkno...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public C... More

Down Market Street from 4th., showing sky scrapers of America's most cosmopolitan city, San Francisco, California

Down Market Street from 4th., showing sky scrapers of America's most c...

No. 6788. Public domain image of San Francisco buildings, city, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The beautiful entrance to the Museum of Golden Gate Park, showing "At the Wine Press", a splendid bronze group, San Francisco, California

The beautiful entrance to the Museum of Golden Gate Park, showing "At ...

No. 6794. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Looking up California St. from Sansoney [i.e. Sansome] St., San Francisco, Cal.

Looking up California St. from Sansoney [i.e. Sansome] St., San Franci...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Out Door Cooking, Fell St. - Public domain dedication image

Out Door Cooking, Fell St. - Public domain dedication image

Title: Out Door Cooking, Fell St...Alternative Title: Outdoor Cooking Fell Street..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin... More

Interior, Sutro bathing pavillion, largest and finest in the world, San Francisco, Cal

Interior, Sutro bathing pavillion, largest and finest in the world, Sa...

Copyright 1906 by C.L. Wasson. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A view of busy Market Street looking southward. This shot may be taken just before the earthquake hit. There is no date on the photo. On April 18, 1906 at 5:15 AM a quake of 8.25 on the Richter scale hit San Francisco. Greater destruction came from the fires afterwards. The city burned for three days. The combination destroyed 490 city blocks and 25,000 buildings, leaving 250,000 homeless and killing between 450 and 700. Estimated damages, over $350 million

A view of busy Market Street looking southward. This shot may be taken...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public C... More

Like nomads settling in for a stay this is the largest tent refugee camp on the Presidio Reservation. United States Army General Hospital is in the background. On April 18, 1906 at 5:15 AM a quake of 8.25 on the Richter scale hit San Francisco. Greater destruction came from the fires afterwards. The city burned for three days. The combination destroyed 490 city blocks and 25,000 buildings, leaving 250,000 homeless and killing between 450 and 700. Estimated damages, over $350 million

Like nomads settling in for a stay this is the largest tent refugee ca...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public C... More

San Francisco earthquake, 1906: Looking for lost treasures in the miles of ruins

San Francisco earthquake, 1906: Looking for lost treasures in the mile...

2 women in foreground. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. 8269. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cooking; Breadlines...; Army, US Quarter. C.; Ca... More

A relief dinner for disaster sufferers, San Francisco

A relief dinner for disaster sufferers, San Francisco

After earthquake - people at tables in rows. Stereo copyrighted by E.W. Kelley; Universal View Co. No. 7893. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cookery, Military... More

Bound for the ferry after the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire disaster of April 18, 1906

Bound for the ferry after the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire disast...

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fresh water is delivered via mule drawn barrel wagon to the refugees at a camp in the Presidio. Military personnel stand by as women and children bring buckets to fill. On April 18, 1906 at 5:15 AM a quake of 8.25 on the Richter scale hit San Francisco. Greater destruction came from the fires afterwards. The city burned for three days. The combination destroyed 490 city blocks and 25,000 buildings, leaving 250,000 homeless and killing between 450 and 700. Estimated damages, over $350 million

Fresh water is delivered via mule drawn barrel wagon to the refugees a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public C... More

Arnold Genthe - On the ruins (April 1906), Chinatown, San Francisco

Arnold Genthe - On the ruins (April 1906), Chinatown, San Francisco

Title from a similar image in: Old Chinatown : a book of pictures / by Arnold Genthe ; with text by Will Irwin. New York : M. Kennerley, 1913, p. 3. Alternate titles from a similar image in: Pictures of old Chi... More

San Francisco earthquake, 1906: Cooking dinner in the street

San Francisco earthquake, 1906: Cooking dinner in the street

Man holding plate, woman cooking, child standing; horse and wagon in behind them. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. 8274. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card... More

The city of San Francisco on fire after the earthquake. On April 18, 1906 at 5:15 AM a quake of 8.25 on the Richter scale hit San Francisco. Greater destruction came from the fires afterwards. The city burned for three days. The combination destroyed 490 city blocks and 25,000 buildings, leaving 250,000 homeless and killing between 450 and 700. Estimated damages, over $350 million

The city of San Francisco on fire after the earthquake. On April 18, 1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public C... More

Earthquake, San Francisco. April 18, 1906. American Red Cross Headquarters

Earthquake, San Francisco. April 18, 1906. American Red Cross Headquar...

Caption from negative sleeve: Dr. S.F. earthquakes & fires,1906, Slide #10. Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC. ... More

Swan's retreat, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Cal

Swan's retreat, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Cal

No. 1746. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Market Street toward ferry, San Francisco, Calif

Market Street toward ferry, San Francisco, Calif

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019201. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Two women dressed in green seated at a table in Arnold Genthe's studio on Clay Street in San Francisco

Two women dressed in green seated at a table in Arnold Genthe's studio...

Title devised. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. ID: see TQ, p. 110; checklist, Newark Museum exhibit on color photography, Apr. 16-June 2, 1940; variant published, reversed from

Photograph of the Ruined Tower of the City Hall Damaged by the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, 1906

Photograph of the Ruined Tower of the City Hall Damaged by the 1906 Sa...

Original Caption: No. 6. View of the ruined tower of the City Hall. Damage due to earthquake alone..Created By: U.S. Senate. Committee on Printing. (12/15/1841 - 1946)..From: Record Group/Collection: 46..From:... More

Effect of the earthquake on dwelling houses, San Francisco, Calif.

Effect of the earthquake on dwelling houses, San Francisco, Calif.

Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. No. 9348; no orig. negatives. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Captio... More

Edge of burned district, corner of Franklin and Sacramento Streets, San Francisco, Calif.

Edge of burned district, corner of Franklin and Sacramento Streets, Sa...

After the earthquake. Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. No. 1924; no orig. negatives. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data fro... More

Union Square and St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.

Union Square and St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906]

[San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906]

Picryl description: Public domain image of damaged, burned, or destroyed buildings, natural disaster, fire destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California

San Francisco, April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Crowd on Grant Ave., San Francisco, California, watching building burn(?) during the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906]

[Crowd on Grant Ave., San Francisco, California, watching building bur...

Copyright by Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 8. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mason From Market St., Southern Methodist University collection

Mason From Market St., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Mason From Market St...Alternative Title: Mason From Market Street..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver;... More

[View of building after earthquake and fire, San Francisco, California]

[View of building after earthquake and fire, San Francisco, California...

Six men in foreground face the damaged 7-story building. Copyright by Casey & Clancy, San Francisco, Cal. No. 1.

Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Cal

Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Cal

"3164" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019207. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Steps that lead to nowhere (after the fire)

Steps that lead to nowhere (after the fire)

Public domain photograph of city street, buildings, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906

San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906

Title from related, adjacent negative LC-G4085-0203. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943.

Pine St. below Kearney St., San Francisco, Cal

Pine St. below Kearney St., San Francisco, Cal

"3158" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019234. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Market Street and Turk Street after the earthquake and fire, San Francisco, California]

[Market Street and Turk Street after the earthquake and fire, San Fran...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Valencia St. Bet. 18 and 19th - Public domain dedication image

Valencia St. Bet. 18 and 19th - Public domain dedication image

Title: Valencia St. Bet. 18 and 19th..Alternative Title: Valencia Street Between 18th and 19th . .Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photog... More

Palace Hotel., Southern Methodist University collection

Palace Hotel., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Palace Hotel...Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 15 x 20 cm...File: ag1982_0186sx_61_palacehotel_sm_o... More

[Man looking upward, San Francisco, after the earthquake and fire, 1906]

[Man looking upward, San Francisco, after the earthquake and fire, 190...

Buildings and debris in background. H81673 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of New York, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charred corpse of a victim of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire

Charred corpse of a victim of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fi...

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) was a German-born American photographer who is best known for his photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown and the 1906 earthquake. He began his... More

San Francisco Earthquake & Fire, Apr. 1906: Refugees at dinner, food plain but palatable, 16th and Dolores

San Francisco Earthquake & Fire, Apr. 1906: Refugees at dinner, food p...

Army relief operation. Stereo copyrighted by E.W. Kelley - Universal View Co. No. 7836. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cookery, military; Army, U.S.; Refugee... More

Steps that lead to nowhere (after the fire)

Steps that lead to nowhere (after the fire)

Picryl description: Public domain image of damaged, burned, or destroyed buildings, natural disaster, fire destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

San Francisco earthquake, 1906: Refugees at Golden Gate

San Francisco earthquake, 1906: Refugees at Golden Gate

2 rows of tents. Stereo copyrighted by Tom M. Phillips. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Army, US; Barbers...; Photog. I.; Ca. S- F- Earth.; Billboards; Refugees; Shelf.

Bernhardt, Sarah, in carriage in San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906

Bernhardt, Sarah, in carriage in San Francisco after the earthquake an...

A black and white photo of a woman in a hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Francisco, April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California

San Francisco, April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California

San Francisco, April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Geary St. from Market St., San Francisco, California

Geary St. from Market St., San Francisco, California

Ruins after San Francisco earthquake; man and dog standing in left foreground.] Photoprint by F.J. Chapman and J.E. Meddaugh. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.

San Francisco Earthquake and Fire: House of Mirth

San Francisco Earthquake and Fire: House of Mirth

Temporary living quarters - 2 men and 3 women in front. H77336 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ca. SF Earthquake; Shelf.

Panorama from roof of Ferry P.O., San Francisco, Cal.

Panorama from roof of Ferry P.O., San Francisco, Cal.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, 1906: A crude shelter for a home, ruins and U.S. Mint, April 1906

San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, 1906: A crude shelter for a home, r...

Stereo copyrighted by E.W. Kelley; Universal View Co. No. 7895. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Mints, US; City halls; Ca. SF; Photog. I.; Shelf.

Panorama of San Francisco disaster,  Panoramic Photograph

Panorama of San Francisco disaster, Panoramic Photograph

H78405 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Kilborn & Burn; May 31, 1906. Copyright claimant's address: Sacramento, Cal. This image is a copy photograph.

Turk St., from the corner of Market and Mason Sts., San Francisco, Cal

Turk St., from the corner of Market and Mason Sts., San Francisco, Cal

"3156" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019236. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Stanford Unit'y Palo Alto., Southern Methodist University collection

Stanford Unit'y Palo Alto., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Stanford Unit'y Palo Alto...Alternative Title: Stanford University, Palo Alto..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gela... More

Arnold Genthe - San Francisco, April 18, 1906

Arnold Genthe - San Francisco, April 18, 1906

Title from a similar image in: Genthe's photographs of San Francisco's old Chinatown / photographs by Arnold Genthe ; selection and text by John Kuo Wei Tchen. New York : Dover Publications, 1984, pl. 120. Purc... More

Mission Relief Headquarters. The barn of James Rolph Jr. on Guerrero Street was converted into the headquarters for Mission relief. Later, Rolph became Mayor of San Francisco and then governor. On April 18, 1906 at 5:15 AM a quake of 8.25 on the Richter scale hit San Francisco. Greater destruction came from the fires afterwards. The city burned for three days. The combination destroyed 490 city blocks and 25,000 buildings, leaving 250,000 homeless and killing between 450 and 700. Estimated damages, over $350 million

Mission Relief Headquarters. The barn of James Rolph Jr. on Guerrero S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public C... More

Girl's High School Scott St. - Public domain dedication image

Girl's High School Scott St. - Public domain dedication image

Title: Girl's High School Scott St...Alternative Title: Girl's High School, Scott Street..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: ... More

Burnt-out truck of an inbound streetcar lies on Third Street between Market and Mission. The Call Building (left) at the corner of Third and Market streets. Mutual Savings Bank is across Market and Kearny. On April 18, 1906 at 5:15 AM a quake of 8.25 on the Richter scale hit San Francisco. Greater destruction came from the fires afterwards. The city burned for three days. The combination destroyed 490 city blocks and 25,000 buildings, leaving 250,000 homeless and killing between 450 and 700. Estimated damages, over $350 million

Burnt-out truck of an inbound streetcar lies on Third Street between M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public C... More

One of the many Street Kitchens that sprang up in the aftermath of the quake. This one is in front of the Baker & Greenwich Street Market, near the Presidio. On April 18, 1906 at 5:15 AM a quake of 8.25 on the Richter scale hit San Francisco. Greater destruction came from the fires afterwards. The city burned for three days. The combination destroyed 490 city blocks and 25,000 buildings, leaving 250,000 homeless and killing between 450 and 700. Estimated damages, over $350 million

One of the many Street Kitchens that sprang up in the aftermath of the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public C... More

Two women dressed in green seated at a table in Arnold Genthe's studio on Clay Street in San Francisco

Two women dressed in green seated at a table in Arnold Genthe's studio...

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[View "from the hilltop site of the Fairmont Hotel" showing ruins after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake]

[View "from the hilltop site of the Fairmont Hotel" showing ruins afte...

H79075 U.S. Copyright Office. Panel 7 (from left) of 9 panel panoramic photograph. Photograph by Johannes B. Moller. Copyright Jun 7 1906 by Johannes B. Moller. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the p... More

San Francisco earthquake: Ruins - stereocsopic card

San Francisco earthquake: Ruins - stereocsopic card

Stereograph by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.

Home life among the refugees - a street of tents in the Presidio, San Francisco Disaster

Home life among the refugees - a street of tents in the Presidio, San ...

Stereo shows a couple at a makeshift camp table outside of their tent in the Presidio after the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. H80899 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 20651. Exhibited: Documenting Disaster: Photo... More

Earthquake, San Francisco. April 18, 1906. American Red Cross Assistant

Earthquake, San Francisco. April 18, 1906. American Red Cross Assistan...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC. Slides. Group title: Disaster Relief. 1 October 1919 [date received] Used in... More

San Francisco, April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California

San Francisco, April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Earthquake, San Francisco. April 18, 1906. American Red Cross Canteen

Earthquake, San Francisco. April 18, 1906. American Red Cross Canteen

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC. Slides. Group title: Disaster Relief. 1 October 1919 [date received] Used in... More

Foot of Market Street, showing earthquake upheaval, San Francisco, Cal

Foot of Market Street, showing earthquake upheaval, San Francisco, Cal

Negative cracked across. "3201 A" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019202. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California

San Francisco, April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Two men cleaning street, horse-drawn wagon and damaged buildings in the background, after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake]

[Two men cleaning street, horse-drawn wagon and damaged buildings in t...

Inscribed in lower right corner: 7. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 128.

Valencia St., Southern Methodist University collection

Valencia St., Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Valencia St...Alternative Title: Valencia Street . .Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 15 x 20 c... More

Photograph of the West Front of the New Chronicle Building Showing Damage by the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, 1906

Photograph of the West Front of the New Chronicle Building Showing Dam...

Original Caption: Photograph of the West Front of the New Chronicle Building Showing Damage by the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, 1906..Created By: U.S. Senate. Committee on Printing. (12/15/1841 - 1946)..Fr... More

Main corridor of San Francisco's new P. O. (building little damaged by earthquake, Apr. 18, 1906), U. S. A

Main corridor of San Francisco's new P. O. (building little damaged by...

H80054 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 20549. Copyright 1906 by C. L. Wasson.

Hall of Justice, Southern Methodist University collection

Hall of Justice, Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Hall of Justice..Creator: Stoddard [attrib.]..Date: 1906..Part Of: San Francisco earthquake..Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 15 x 20 cm...File: ag1982_0186sx_66_hallofjustice_... More

Up Market St. from Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal

Up Market St. from Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal

"3168" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019204. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Ruins of Flood Mansion, Nob Hill, San Francisco, Cal.

Ruins of Flood Mansion, Nob Hill, San Francisco, Cal.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California

San Francisco, April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Ruin of the $7,000,000 City Hall by earthquake and fire. The building was a monument of poor workmanship, materials and design. The U.S. Geological Survey Report on the San Francisco Earthquake of April 18,1906. (Possible photograph by Frank Soule) On April 18, 1906 at 5:15 AM a quake of 8.25 on the Richter scale hit San Francisco. Greater destruction came from the fires afterwards. The city burned for three days. The combination destroyed 490 city blocks and 25,000 buildings, leaving 250,000 homeless and killing between 450 and 700. Estimated damages, over $350 million

Ruin of the $7,000,000 City Hall by earthquake and fire. The building ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public C... More

[Unidentified Staples & Charles. San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906] /

[Unidentified Staples & Charles. San Francisco after the earthquake an...

This film is made up of five panoramas, four wide and one close-up, of the ruins of downtown San Francisco shortly after the 1906 disaster, plus a panorama and scene in a nearby refugee camp. Original intertitl... More

Photograph of a Military Camp on the Fourth Day After the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, 1906

Photograph of a Military Camp on the Fourth Day After the 1906 San Fra...

Original Caption: No. 44. More military help - 4th day...Created By: U.S. Senate. Committee on Printing. (12/15/1841 - 1946)..From: Record Group/Collection: 46..From: Committee Papers of the Senate Committee o... More

[Temporary structures in street, San Francisco, California, after the earthquake and fire, 1906]

[Temporary structures in street, San Francisco, California, after the ...

Burlap and rug-covered structure in foreground bears hand written sign "Palace Hotel Grill". H77330 U.S. Copyright Office.

General view of burned area, (Market St. on left) from Ferry Tower, San Francisco disaster, U.S.A.

General view of burned area, (Market St. on left) from Ferry Tower, Sa...

View overlooking San Francisco, California, after earthquake and fire. H78140 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8701.

A band of little homeless refugees--happy in spite of the terrible calamity--San Francisco, Cal.

A band of little homeless refugees--happy in spite of the terrible cal...

Ten children seated in foreground and tents in background after the San Francisco earthquake and fire.

Food in Jefferson Square, San Francisco, California

Food in Jefferson Square, San Francisco, California

San Francisco, after earthquake and fire of 1906. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Market St., looking east, San Francisco, California

Market St., looking east, San Francisco, California

Ruins after the San Francisco earthquake. Photoprint copyrighted by George R. Lawrence Co. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.

Grand and Palace Hotels. Street scene of ruin after San Francisco earthquake of 1906; postal telegraph tent in right foreground

Grand and Palace Hotels. Street scene of ruin after San Francisco eart...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Hotels Ca.; Telegraph; Ca. SF Earth; Shelf.

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