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Title
Man examining the ruins of the OA Hale & Co. building, caused by 1906 earthquake in San Jose, 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 man examining what's left of the OA Hale & Co. building, caused by 1906 earthquake in San Jose, 1906. The man stands at center in a dark suit and light hat with his head turned back to the foreground and the debris behind him. The walls still stand with the detached roof balancing on top and the floor bent below. In front of the building is a pile of debris on the left and sheets of broken wood panels on the right. A broken brick wall stands on the left with a tall, intact building on the right.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m19377 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-45504
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m19377
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-45504.jpg
Subject
Santa Clara County--San Jose--Earthquakes
Views
Earthquakes
Buildings
Time Period
1906
Place
California
San Jose
Santa Clara
USA
Source
45504 [Accession number]
CHS-45504 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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