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Title: San Francisco Bay Area writers and artists: oral history transcript
Creator: Martinez, Elsie, 1890-1984
Contributor: Martinez, Elsie, 1890-1984
Date Created and/or Issued: 1962-1963
1962
1963
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: Elsie Martinez describes her husband Xavier Martinez's experience of the San Francisco earthquake, including his description of the destruction of the Italian section and Chinatown, and the fires throughout the city.
Elsie Martinez also describes Willis Polk's experience with the earthquake.
Type: text
Format: 1 v. ([22], 268 leaves ; c28 cm.)
Form/Genre: Oral histories
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb8m3nb67q
BANC MSS 70/20 c
Subject: Earthquakes--California--San Francisco
San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906--Personal narratives

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