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Title
View of San Francisco burning from the bay after the earthquake, 1906
Date Created and/or Issued
1906
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of a view of San Francisco burning from the bay after the earthquake, 1906. The city can be seen in the background at center and is completely enveloped in smoke. Several tall wooden ships can be seen at anchor in the distance at center, and a steamboat can be seen at left. The water of the bay is calm, with only small waves disturbing its surface.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m24623 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-39970
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m24623
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-39970.jpg
Subject
Views
Earthquakes
Harbors
Time Period
1906
Place
California
San Francisco
USA
Source
39970 [Accession number]
CHS-39970 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: EQUA-145 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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