Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of earthquake refugees at the US Mint Building in San Francisco, 1906. The Federal-style building of the Mint is pictured at center from the left foreground to the right background. Along the sidewalk in front of it, pedestrians examine possesions that have been left outside the Mint, underneath tarp and sheets of corrugated metal. An American flag hangs from the front of the building, while cobblestone streets fill the foreground. The Mint became a refugee village because Superintendent Frank Leach installed two pipes from the Mint's artesian well after the earthquake to provide fresh water to the homeless.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 13 x 18 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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