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Description
Photograph of San Francisco earthquake damage, showing people standing in front of the first office buildings erected after the disaster, 1906. Eight people including two women and six men stand in a row in front of the small office building. An excited dog plays on the cobblestone ground in front of them. Two more men sit on the side of the office on the right. A small tent sits on the left with the remains of large buildings behind it. Signs on the constructed building are: Hughson and Merton, Representing Eastern Manufacturers and G. W. Emmons Company, Safe Moving and Draying. A tent is standing nearby, with lettering added on the print: Rieder Cardinell and Company, Publishers, Post Cards, View Books.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 13 x 18 cm. photographic prints photographs
Rieder Cardinell and Company Hughson and Merton G. W. Emmons Company San Francisco County--San Francisco Earthquake--Aftermath San Francisco--Earthquake (1906)--#5 (Aftermath) Views Earthquakes Fires Buildings Tents Storage and moving trade Stores, Retail
Time Period
1906
Place
California San Francisco USA
Source
43350 [Accession number] CHS-43350 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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