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Title: [Soldier standing guard over workers]
Creator: Dobbin, Hamilton Henry, 1856-1930
Date Created and/or Issued: 1906
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
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Description: V1p373a
In PHOTO ALBUM-VAULT: ** fc917.9461 A3, Vol. I, page 373.
This photograph is contained in one of two volumes by Dobbin titled "Album of San Francisco."
Text written under photo: "Civilians forced by military authorities to work cleaning public streets, parks and squares. Note the soldier standing guard over the workers who are employed in digging drains in Jefferson Square May 20th 1906." The soldier is armed with rifle and bayonet. A few tents can be seen in the park. The dome of City Hall is visible in the distance.
Type: image
Format: Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 photoprint ; 4 5/8 x 6 5/8 in.
Identifier: (C)001381054CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-4313
Subject: Earthquakes--California--San Francisco
Military personnel--California--San Francisco
Laborers--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place: California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)

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