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Title: McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 170
Contributor: Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996
Date Created and/or Issued: 1906
Publication Information: California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Contributing Institution: California State Archives
Collection: McCarthy (William M.) Photograph Collection
Rights Information: © 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
Description: Caption: "San Francisco April 18 1906." A view of the city of San Francisco ablaze after the 1906 earthquake. Considered one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires killed an estimated 3,000 people and destroyed over 500 city blocks, leaving approximately 200,000 residents homeless.
Type: image
Format: JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier: 96-07-08-alb06-170
http://exhibits.sos.ca.gov/items/show/8561
http://exhibits.sos.ca.gov/files/original/36febe2f399948e7f60d692611e9b861.jpg
Language: English
Subject: San Francisco on Fire after the 1906 Earthquake
Place: San Francisco, California
Source: Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)

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