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Title: Recollections of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco, April 18, 19, 20 and 21, 1906
Creator: Rankin, Ivan S
Contributor: Rankin, Ivan S
Date Created and/or Issued: 1969, April 25
1969-04-25
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 Rankin's personal experience of the earthquake, his trip that morning into San Francisco, damage to landmark buildings, and creation of a refugee camp on California Field, a football field in Berkeley, which he helped to patrol.
Type: text
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb367nb2vx
MS 3497
chs00000479_42a.xml
Subject: Buildings--Earthquake effects--California--San Francisco
Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Personal narratives
Fires--California--San Francisco--Personal narratives
Refugee camps--California--Oakland
San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906--Personal narratives

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