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Title: Edith H. Rosenshine writings: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
Creator: Rosenshine, Edith H
Contributor: Rosenshine, Edith H
Date Created and/or Issued: 1906
[after 1906]
Publication Information: TheBancroftLibrary, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000; http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Contributing Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Digital Collection: Selections from the Bancroft Library
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Part of: Edith H. Rosenshine writings, BANC MSS 75/95 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Description of San Francisco earthquake and fire in 1906 including initial shaking, the fires that ensued, lack of water from broken pipes, and the dispersal of people, both poor and rich, throughout the area, many to relief centers in the Bay area.
Along with accounts of individual family members whereabouts after the earthquake, includes description of buildings and businesses effected by the earthquake, and the rebuilding of the city.
Type: text
Format: 1 box (.4 linear ft.)
Form/Genre: Oral histories
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb4k40075m
BANC MSS 75/95 c: earthquake
brk00002771_34a.xml
Subject: Disaster victims
Earthquakes--California--San Francisco
Fires--California--San Francisco
Rosenshine family
San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906--Personal narratives

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