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San Francisco (Calif.) -- Earthquake and fire, 1906 -- Photographs 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Panorama Photograph History Project 
 "Large panorama photograph of San Francisco on April 22, 1906," which was commissioned by the California Insurance Company, the only insurance company "to cover losses from the earthquake, even though it was not obligated to." Includes the image with and without identification labels and links. Also includes material about the provenance of this print of the photo. http://www.mirror-pole.com/sfeq/entry/sf_entry.html Topics: California: History, Geology Last updated Apr 3, 2006 Jack London and the Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906
Writings and photos by Jack London and his wife from the period following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. "The journeys on foot, horseback, and automobile of Jack and Charmian London through the blackened, twisted debris of earthquake country ... produced both words and images that help define this country's greatest urban disaster." Features more than 200 photos from his albums, pages from Charmian's diary, and a timeline of London's life. From the California Historical Society. http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/exhibits/ Topics: California: History Last updated Mar 14, 2006 San Francisco After the '06 Earthquake
"Images from the days after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, including stereographs and anaglyphic (3-dimensional) views" of these topics: Destruction, People, Amidst the Rubble, The Hungry, The Homeless, and Recovery. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/collections/permanent/projects/stereo/SF1906/ Topics: California: History, Geography, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Jun 10, 2006 San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection: Great Fire and Earthquake of 1906
"The San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection contains over 1,700 digitized images of the 1906 Earthquake and Fire. These images depict scenes taken both during and after the three-day event, and include neighborhoods, buildings, refugee camps, and the process of reconstruction." Photos are browsable by subject. From the San Francisco Public Library. http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/librarylocations/sfhistory/equake-browse.htm Topics: California: History Last updated Mar 14, 2006 |
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