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Title: Dolly Brown Anderson letter
Creator: Brown, Dolly
Contributor: Brown, Dolly
Date Created and/or Issued: 21 April 1906
1906-04-21
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: Six-page letter from Brown to her fiance, giving a firsthand account of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
Describes damage to the family house by fire, her family's escape to safety and shelter, and conditions under martial law. Includes partial typed transcript.
Type: text
Form/Genre: Letters
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb409nb3rv
MS 3458
Subject: Disaster victims--California--San Francisco
Dwellings--Earthquake effects
Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Personal narratives
Fires (burning)
Fires--California--San Francisco--Personal narratives
Martial law--California--San Francisco
Women--California--Correspondence

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