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Title
[San Francisco, earthquake and fire] (9 views)
Creator
Baldwin, John E. D., 1842-1928
Date Created and/or Issued
ca. 1906]
Publication Information
[Sacramento, Calif. : John E.D. Baldwin
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Set of twenty-five views copied from Baldwin glass plates of building ruins from the San Francisco earthquake and fire, 1906; shows rubble of brick, framework of multi-story building ruins, some beginnings of reconstruction throughout San Francisco.
View 17 (2005-0555). Streetcars for the United Railroads, cars 1077 and 731 -- view 18 (2005-0556). Rubble, Fairmont Hotel in background -- view 19 (2005-0557). City Hall -- view 20 (2005-0558). Ruins -- view 21 (2005-0599). Street scene, ruins -- view 22 (2005-0560). City Hall -- view 23 (2005-0561). Ruins, rubble, street scene -- view 24 (2005-0562). Rubble, ruins, wood framework for sidewalk (?) -- view 25 (2005-0563). Ruins, rubble filled foundations in foreground.
Also have negatives: Baldwin GL#1621 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.) and CSL neg. no. 23,814 (4x5 in.); Baldwin GL#1622 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.); CSL neg. no. 8158 (4x5 in.); Baldwin GL#1624 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.); Baldwin GL#1625 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.); Baldwin GL#1626 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.); Baldwin GL#1627 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.); Baldwin GL#1628 (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.) for 2005-0562; and, Baldwin GL#1629 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.) for 2005-0563.
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
9 photographic prints ; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Identifier
(C)001507372CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
City Hall (San Francisco, Calif.)--Photographs
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906.--Photographs
Earthquakes--California--San Francisco
Fires--California--San Francisco
Disasters--California--San Francisco
Street railroads--California--San Francisco
City & town halls--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place
California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)

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