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Description
Photograph of graves of thirty unidentified dead after the earthquake, San Francisco, 1906. Small, wooden posts connected with rope guard the row of graves in the grass yard at center. Small sticks mark each grave. Bags and furniture are piled beneath a tree on the left. A smaller tree stands at the center of the field behind the graves. More trees stand near the tents in the background. A street on the far right leads to the damaged buildings behind the tents in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
San Francisco County--San Francisco Earthquake--Aftermath San Francisco--Earthquake (1906)--#5 (Aftermath) Views Earthquakes Fires Buildings Tents Cemeteries Burial
Time Period
1906
Place
California San Francisco USA
Source
43936 [Accession number] CHS-43936 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] unidentified no: 58 [Identifying number]
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