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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Either H. H. West's brother, Guy West, or Franz Nelson took this photograph. Temporary location of the Emporium Department Store following the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. People walk in front of the store and there are cars pulled up to it at the right. Men work on the building standing on ladders. There are wooden planks piled up in front. A sign at the center reads, "The Emporium." A sign at the left reads, "Now open for business." The image is slightly hazy. Text from negative sleeve: 985. San Francisco Earthquake April 1906. Rebuilding the city. Photo of the big store, the Emporium, built of wood and thrown open for business. 1 film.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0985_001 ark:/21198/zz002hs0fb
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Earthquakes--California--San Francisco Department stores--California--San Francisco San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 Fires--California--San Francisco
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