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Title: Reminiscence of Charles de Y. Elkus of the 1906 earthquake and fire, 1956
Creator: Elkus, Charles de Y
Contributor: Elkus, Charles de Y
Date Created and/or Issued: 1956
Publication Information: CaliforniaHistoricalSociety, North Baker Research Library, 678 Mission Street,San Francisco, CA 94105-4014; http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/collections/northbaker_research.html
Contributing Institution: California Historical Society
Collection: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Digital Collection: Selections from the California Historical Society
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Describes Elkus's observations of the day of the earthquake, with particular attention to the progress of the fire and conditions on specific streets.
Type: text
Form/Genre: Autobiographies
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb158004b6
MS 3473
chs00000100_42a.xml
Subject: Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Personal narratives
Fires--California--San Francisco--Personal narratives
San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906--Personal narratives

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