Ruins of the City Hall, San Francisco, California; the result of twenty seconds of seismic action at 5:13 A.M., April 18, 1906. The building which had been twenty years in course of construction, cost over $6,000,000 and covered two blocks of land. Height of main dome, 335 feet. Also showing Lick's Pioneer Monument in City Hall Square, undamaged by earthquake or fire, which destroyed more than five hundred million dollars worth of property. Red Cross and Relief workers, are seen issuing emergency requisitions
Creator
Bear Photo Co
Contributor
Bear Photo Co
Date Created and/or Issued
1906
Publication Information
CaliforniaStateLibrary, Stanley Mosk Library and Courts Building, 914 CapitolMall, Sacramento, CA 95814, http://www.library.ca.gov/
Disaster relief--Photographs Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Photographs Emergency medical personnel--Photographs Emergency medical services--Photographs Fires (damage)--Photographs San Francisco City Hall--Pictorial works San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906--Pictorial works
Place
San Francisco (Calif.) Earthquake and fire, 1906 Pictorial works A0109
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