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 San Francisco earthquake damage, showing the ruins of the California Hotel, 1906. A man in a dark suit and hat stands amidst a sea of fallen bricks pointing at the remains of the hotel behind him at center. The arched entrance can still be seen in one of the remaining portions of the hotel's brick walls. More heavily damaged buildings stand in the background on the far left.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 13 x 18 cm. photographic prints photographs
California Hotel San Francisco County--San Francisco Earthquake--Individual buildings San Francisco--Earthquake (1906)--#4 (Individual Buildings) Views Earthquakes Fires Hotels, taverns, etc Buildings
Time Period
1906
Place
California San Francisco USA
Source
43928 [Accession number] CHS-43928 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] unidentified no: 01; unidentified no: 32 [Identifying number]
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