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- Title
- Herbert F. Bauer reminiscence of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire
- Creator
- Bauer, Herbert F
- Contributor
- Bauer, Herbert F
- Date Created and/or Issued
- 1906
1999
- 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
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California Historical Society Collection at Stanford
- Collection
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1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Digital Collection: Selections from the California Historical Society
- Rights Information
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- Description
- Firsthand account describing the earthquake from Bauer's house on Vallejo St., sighting and progress of the fire, damage to the neighborhood, the family's escape to Oakland, and their return to San Francisco after approximately two weeks.
Mentions Bauer's father's business, Bauer Brothers and Company, as well as the reopening of businesses along Van Ness Ave.
Bauer was a San Francisco resident and a teenager at the time of the earthquake.
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb20000523
MS 3462
chs00000086_42a.xml
- Subject
- Buildings--Repair and reconstruction
Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Personal narratives
Emergency housing
Fires--California--San Francisco--Personal narratives
San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906--Personal narratives
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