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"Steps that Lead to Nowhere." Showing the remains of a Nob Hill residence: some chimneys and a foreground of steps. "Beyond them was devastation with only the lights of the Mission District visible in the distance." Photograph taken by moonlight. See p. 95, _As I Remember_ by A. Genthe. Ruins of City Hall (left background)

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Title: "Steps that Lead to Nowhere." Showing the remains of a Nob Hill residence: some chimneys and a foreground of steps. "Beyond them was devastation with only the lights of the Mission District visible in the distance." Photograph taken by moonlight. See p. 95, _As I Remember_ by A. Genthe. Ruins of City Hall (left background)
Creator: Genthe, Arnold
Contributor: Genthe, Arnold
Date Created and/or Issued: 1906
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: Shelf location: GS -- Photographers -- RM -- Genthe, Arnold (1869-1942) -- San Francisco Earthquake, 1906, Views
Type: image
Format: 21 x 31 cm.
Form/Genre: Cityscapes--California--San Francisco
Photographs
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb6d5nb5cc
FN-24998
chs00000840_40a.tif
Subject: Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Photographs
Fires (damage)--Photographs
San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906--Photographs
Place: Nob Hill (San Francisco, Calif.)
Pictorial works
San Francisco (Calif.)
A0114

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