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Title
Exterior view of the Ferry Building, showing earthquake damage, San Francisco, 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 an exterior view of the Ferry Building, showing earthquake damage, San Francisco, 1906. People in coats and hats carry their belongings down the cobblestone street on the right while others drive in horse-drawn carriages on the left. The Ferry Building stands behind them with its tall tower on the right. Pieces of the crumbling walls can be seen at the base of the building on the far right.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m24105 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-49479
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m24105
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-49479.jpg
Subject
Ferry Building
Views
Earthquakes
Fires
Buildings
Ferries
Refugees
Carriages and carts
Pedestrians
Time Period
1906
Place
California
San Francisco
USA
Source
49479 [Accession number]
CHS-49479 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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