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Title
San Francisco's Montgomery Street from California Street showing damage from the earthquake and fire, 1906
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1906
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a view of San Francisco's Montgomery Street from California Street showing damage from the earthquake and fire, 1906. At left is a tall Gothic builing with elaborate stone decoration, and behind it at center is another tall brick building. Across the street are the burned-out remains of a brick building. The roof and most of the walls are gone, leaving only one section standing. Montgomery Street is full of rubble and curious pedestrians. More tall buildngs are visible in the background at center.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
13 x 10 cm..
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m9778
USC-1-1-1-9917 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-13082...-43917
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9778
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-13082.jpg
Subject
San Francisco County--San Francisco Earthquake--Street scenes
San Francisco--Earthquake (1906)--#3
Views
Earthquakes
Fires
Streets
Buildings
Time Period
1906
Place
California
Montgomery Street & California Street
San Francisco
USA
Source
1-48- [Microfiche number]
13082; 43917 [Accession number]
CHS-13082; CHS-43917 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 217 [Identifying number]

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