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Title
[San Francisco, earthquake and fire] (16 views)
Creator
Baldwin, John E. D., 1842-1928
Date Created and/or Issued
ca. 1906]
Publication Information
[Sacramento, Calif. : John E.D. Baldwin
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Set of twenty-five views copied from Baldwin glass plates of building ruins from the San Francisco earthquake and fire, 1906; shows rubble of brick, framework of multi-story building ruins, some beginnings of reconstruction throughout San Francisco.
View 1 (2005-0539) buildings, ruins and rubble. Signs for Germania National Bank, Bush & Mallett Co., General Electric Company -- view 2 (2005-0540). Church ruins -- view 3 (2005-0541). Rubble, New York Life Ins. building in background -- view 4 (2005-0542). Street, ruins, horse-drawn wagon -- view 5 (2005-0543). Ruins, signs read "Port Costa Flour," "Le Count, Clark and Ormound" -- view 6 (2005-0544). Ruins, church in background -- view 7 (2005-0545). City Hall -- view 8 (2005-0546). Ruins -- view 9 (2005-0547). Ruins and hill -- view 10 (2005-0548). Building ruins, sign reads "Dr. Cornwall moved to 607 Van Ness -- view 11 (2005-0549). Ruins, rubble -- view 12 (2005-0550). Street, railroad tracks, ruins -- view 13 (2005-0551). Ruins and smoke -- view 14 (2005-0552). Elevated view of ruins -- view 15 (2005-0553). Ruins and rubble -- view 16 (2005-0554). Street, ruins.
Also have negatives: Baldwin GL # 1605 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.) and CSL negative, no. 8810 (4 x 5 in.) for 2005-0539; Baldwin GL#1606 (6 1/2x 8 1/2 in.) for 2005-0540; Baldwin neg. #GL1607 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.) for 2005-0541; Baldwin GL#1608 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.) for 2005-0542; Baldwin GL#1609 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.) for 2005-0543; Baldwin GL#1610 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.) for 2005-0544; Baldwin GL#1611 (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.) for 2005-0545; Baldwin GL#1612 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.) and CSL no. 8111 (4x5 in.); Baldwin GL#1613 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.); Baldwin GL # 1614 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.); Baldwin GL#1614 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.) for 2005-0548; Baldwin GL # 1615 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.) for 2005-0549; Baldwin GL#1616 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.) for 2005-0550; Baldwin GL#1617 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.) for 2005-0551; Baldwin GL#1618 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in., damaged) and CSL no. 8832 (4x5 in.); Baldwin GL#1619 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.); and, Baldwin GL#1620 (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
16 photographic prints ; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Identifier
(C)001386673CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-9952
Language
English
Subject
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906--Photographs
Earthquakes--California--San Francisco
Fires--California--San Francisco
Disasters--California--San Francisco
Street railroads--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place
California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)

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