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![[Front page of the Illustrated London news, illustrated with view of London from waterfront, and view of the destruction of the city of Hamburg by fire]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvZnJvbnQtcGFnZS1vZi10aGUtaWxsdXN0cmF0ZWQtbG9uZG9uLW5ld3MtaWxsdXN0cmF0ZWQtd2l0aC12aWV3LW9mLWxvbmRvbi1mcm9tLWRhZWI2ZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/406/jpg "[Front page of the Illustrated London news, illustrated with view of London from waterfront, and view of the destruction of the city of Hamburg by fire]")
![[Panoramic view of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire, showing ruins of buildings and smoke]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvcGFub3JhbWljLXZpZXctb2YtdGhlLWFmdGVybWF0aC1vZi10aGUtc2FuLWZyYW5jaXNjby1lYXJ0aHF1YWtlLWFuZC1maXJlLXNob3dpbmctNGY0Y2QwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Panoramic view of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire, showing ruins of buildings and smoke]")
![[Firemen posed on fire engine, New York City]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvZmlyZW1lbi1wb3NlZC1vbi1maXJlLWVuZ2luZS1uZXcteW9yay1jaXR5LTIwNGQyNy02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Firemen posed on fire engine, New York City]")
![[Panoramic view of Piccidily [sic] Circus, London]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTUvcGFub3JhbWljLXZpZXctb2YtcGljY2lkaWx5LXNpYy1jaXJjdXMtbG9uZG9uLTBhYjk3Ni02NDAuanBn/40/7/webp "[Panoramic view of Piccidily [sic] Circus, London]")
![[Panoramic view of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire, showing ruins of buildings and smoke]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvcGFub3JhbWljLXZpZXctb2YtdGhlLWFmdGVybWF0aC1vZi10aGUtc2FuLWZyYW5jaXNjby1lYXJ0aHF1YWtlLWFuZC1maXJlLXNob3dpbmctMzliZWUxLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/16/webp "[Panoramic view of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire, showing ruins of buildings and smoke]")
![[Exterior view of the Times Building, New York City]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvZXh0ZXJpb3Itdmlldy1vZi10aGUtdGltZXMtYnVpbGRpbmctbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Exterior view of the Times Building, New York City]")
![[Aerial view of bomb damage in Tokyo, Japan, during the second world war]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDQvYWVyaWFsLXZpZXctb2YtYm9tYi1kYW1hZ2UtaW4tdG9reW8tamFwYW4tZHVyaW5nLXRoZS1zZWNvbmQtd29ybGQtd2FyLWUxNDkyZS02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Aerial view of bomb damage in Tokyo, Japan, during the second world war]")
