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San Francisco, April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California

San Francisco, April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Ruined but not disheartened, his safe, his business souvenir, San Francisco, April 1906

Ruined but not disheartened, his safe, his business souvenir, San Fran...

Stereo shows two men standing near a toppled safe amid a rubble of bricks after the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. H77361 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7840. Copyright May 14, 1906 by E.W. Kelley. Exhibited: D... More

Looking up Post St. from Kearney St., San Francisco, Cal

Looking up Post St. from Kearney St., San Francisco, Cal

"3157" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019233. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Arnold Genthe - Ruins after San Francisco earthquake, 1906 / Genthe.

Arnold Genthe - Ruins after San Francisco earthquake, 1906 / Genthe.

Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress. Public domain photograph - San Francisco earthquake and fire, ruins, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ruins of Stanford Mansion and Hopkins Art Institute, San Francisco, Cal.

Ruins of Stanford Mansion and Hopkins Art Institute, San Francisco, Ca...

Group of men and women on sidewalk in front of ruins. H77406 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Detroit Publishing Co. No. 019239.

Tower of City Hall, [1906 earthquake, San Francisco, Calif.]

Tower of City Hall, [1906 earthquake, San Francisco, Calif.]

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Ruins of City Hall, 1906 earthquake, San Francisco, Calif.

Ruins of City Hall, 1906 earthquake, San Francisco, Calif.

Title partially devised by cataloger. "3152 B" on negative. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Ruins of City Hall, from the corners of Van Ness Ave. and Market Sts., Friday the 20th, April 1906

Ruins of City Hall, from the corners of Van Ness Ave. and Market Sts.,...

Street view showing earthquake damage, San Francisco, California. H76493 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by James Tod Cornwall. No. 6.

Life in San Francisco after the great disaster--cooking in the streets, Cal.

Life in San Francisco after the great disaster--cooking in the streets...

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Panorama from roof of Ferry P.O., San Francisco, Cal

Panorama from roof of Ferry P.O., San Francisco, Cal

"3149" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019203. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Palace Hotel, new Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal.

Palace Hotel, new Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas Fault in California's Sierra Madre Mountains, midway between Bakersfield and Santa Barbara

Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas Fault in California's Sier...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The geological fault runs roughly 810 miles through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. Cre... More

Mission San Jose de Guadalupe, Mission & Washington Boulevards, Fremont, Alameda County, CA

Mission San Jose de Guadalupe, Mission & Washington Boulevards, Fremon...

See also HALS CA-75 for additional documentation. Significance: Restored remains of Fourteenth Mission founded by Franciscan Fathers in Alta, California. Site consecrated June 11, 1797. Church and most of the... More

Mission San Juan Bautista, Monastery, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, CA

Mission San Juan Bautista, Monastery, Second Street, San Juan Bautista...

See also HALS CA-84 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-38-4-B Building/structure dates: HABS CA-38-4-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000038

Ruins of San Francisco after earthquake and fire, April 18 - 21, 1906, view from Stanford Mansion site

Ruins of San Francisco after earthquake and fire, April 18 - 21, 1906,...

Copyright deposit; Lester C. Guernsey; 1906. Landmarks labeled on image. Exhibited in: American treasures of the Library of Congress, 2004.

Mauna Loa Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Mauna Loa Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More

San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906

San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Panorama view near Turk & Market St.

Panorama view near Turk & Market St.

H78299 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 28, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:42933. No. 234.

Panorama view near Turk & Market St.

Panorama view near Turk & Market St.

H78299 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 28, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:42933. No. 234.

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue at Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...

Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue at Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...

Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue at Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...

Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue at Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...

Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue at Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...

Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More

Chain of Craters Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Chain of Craters Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More

[Panoramic view of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire, showing ruins of buildings and smoke]

[Panoramic view of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and f...

No. 15. Copyright by Casey & Clancy, San Francisco, Cal. Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panorama from St. Francis Hotel,  Panoramic Photograph

Panorama from St. Francis Hotel, Panoramic Photograph

H78297 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 28, 1906. No. 237.

City Hall, Civic Center, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City Hall, Civic Center, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Significance: One of the most elegant civic buildings in the US. It was designed by Arthur Brown, Jr., and his executive partner, John Bukewell, Jr., after a competition held in 1912. The building was effective... More

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Copper River at Miles Glacier, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...

Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Copper River at Miles Glacier, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...

Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More

Lassen Volcanic National Park, Loomis Seismograph Station, Mineral, Tehama County, CA

Lassen Volcanic National Park, Loomis Seismograph Station, Mineral, Te...

Survey number: HABS CA-2114-K Building/structure dates: ca. 1916 Initial Construction

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Haleakala National Park road system provides access to the summit and crater of the dormant volcano, Haleakala, showcasing striking views and native Hawaiian... More

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Haleakala National Park road system provides access to the summit and crater of the dormant volcano, Haleakala, showcasing striking views and native Hawaiian... More

Faro de Punta Borinquen, Punta Borinquen, Borinquen, Ponce Municipio, PR

Faro de Punta Borinquen, Punta Borinquen, Borinquen, Ponce Municipio, ...

Significance: The original lighthouse was built in 1889 in position 18* 29' 26" N - 67* 9' 43" W, very close to the sea in a low sandy point. In 1918 Puerto Rico experienced an earthquake which had its epicente... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

Mission San Juan Bautista, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, CA

Mission San Juan Bautista, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San...

Suggested address, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, is not verifiable in documentation. See also HALS CA-84 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-38-4 Building/structure dates: ca. 1797- ... More

Mission San Juan Bautista, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, CA

Mission San Juan Bautista, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San...

Suggested address, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, is not verifiable in documentation. See also HALS CA-84 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-38-4 Building/structure dates: ca. 1797- ... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Ruins of the Church of Saint Domingo, Arequipa

Ruins of the Church of Saint Domingo, Arequipa

Photograph shows people standing on the rubble in interior of the Church of Saint Domingo. Photographs by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima, Peru. In album: Recuerdos del Peru, vol. 1.

Cooking in the street, San Francisco, Cal.

Cooking in the street, San Francisco, Cal.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Camping in Jefferson Square, San Francisco, California

Camping in Jefferson Square, San Francisco, California

Photograph shows view from street of tent city in Jefferson Square, San Francisco, California, after earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906; horse-drawn cart with salvaged goods in the foreground. H76563 U.S. Co... More

Hall of Justice, Portsmouth Square, San Francisco, Cal.

Hall of Justice, Portsmouth Square, San Francisco, Cal.

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas fault in California's Sierra Madre Mountains, midway between Bakersfield and Santa Barbara

Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas fault in California's Sier...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The geological fault runs roughly 810 miles through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. Cre... More

Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas fault in California's Sierra Madre Mountains, midway between Bakersfield and Santa Barbara

Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas fault in California's Sier...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a dry desert landscape, sand, sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mission San Juan Bautista, Monastery, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, CA

Mission San Juan Bautista, Monastery, Second Street, San Juan Bautista...

See also HALS CA-84 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-38-4-B Building/structure dates: HABS CA-38-4-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000038

Ruins of San Francisco after earthquake and fire, April 18 - 21, 1906, view from Stanford Mansion site

Ruins of San Francisco after earthquake and fire, April 18 - 21, 1906,...

Copyright deposit; Lester C. Guernsey; 1906. Landmarks labeled on image. Exhibited in: American treasures of the Library of Congress, 2004.

Ruins of San Francisco after earthquake and fire, April 18 - 21, 1906, view from Stanford Mansion site

Ruins of San Francisco after earthquake and fire, April 18 - 21, 1906,...

Copyright deposit; Lester C. Guernsey; 1906. Landmarks labeled on image. Exhibited in: American treasures of the Library of Congress, 2004.

Mauna Loa Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Mauna Loa Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More

Mauna Loa Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Mauna Loa Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More

San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906

San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Panorama view near Turk & Market St.

Panorama view near Turk & Market St.

H78299 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 28, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:42933. No. 234.

Hilina Pali Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Hilina Pali Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue at Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...

Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue at Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...

Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue at Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...

Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Roads, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Roads, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

See Thurston Lava Tube, HALS HI-6, for additional documentation. Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosyst... More

Searching for family relics in the ruins of the dear old home - San Francisco, Cal.

Searching for family relics in the ruins of the dear old home - San Fr...

Two women looking through rubble. 78344 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8235. No. U-91591. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress.

Peak House, 322 South Second Street, Manhattan, Riley County, KS

Peak House, 322 South Second Street, Manhattan, Riley County, KS

Significance: The Peak House was determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 because of the building's architectural characteristics reflecting distinctive type, period, and method ... More

Mission San Juan Bautista, Church, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, CA

Mission San Juan Bautista, Church, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Pl...

See also HALS CA-84 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-38-4-A Building/structure dates: 1803-1812 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1906 Subsequent Work Building/structure date... More

Panorama view of ruins of San Francisco from St. Francis Hotel

Panorama view of ruins of San Francisco from St. Francis Hotel

Picryl description: Public domain image of damaged, burned, or destroyed buildings, natural disaster, fire destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Copper River at Miles Glacier, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...

Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More

Crater Rim Drive, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Crater Rim Drive, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More

Crater Rim Drive, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Crater Rim Drive, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Haleakala National Park road system provides access to the summit and crater of the dormant volcano, Haleakala, showcasing striking views and native Hawaiian... More

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Haleakala National Park road system provides access to the summit and crater of the dormant volcano, Haleakala, showcasing striking views and native Hawaiian... More

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Haleakala National Park road system provides access to the summit and crater of the dormant volcano, Haleakala, showcasing striking views and native Hawaiian... More

Faro de Punta Borinquen, Punta Borinquen, Borinquen, Ponce Municipio, PR

Faro de Punta Borinquen, Punta Borinquen, Borinquen, Ponce Municipio, ...

Significance: The original lighthouse was built in 1889 in position 18* 29' 26" N - 67* 9' 43" W, very close to the sea in a low sandy point. In 1918 Puerto Rico experienced an earthquake which had its epicente... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

Mission San Juan Bautista, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, CA

Mission San Juan Bautista, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San...

Suggested address, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, is not verifiable in documentation. See also HALS CA-84 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-38-4 Building/structure dates: ca. 1797- ... More

Mission San Juan Bautista, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, CA

Mission San Juan Bautista, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San...

Suggested address, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, is not verifiable in documentation. See also HALS CA-84 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-38-4 Building/structure dates: ca. 1797- ... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Arica, after the earthquake. No. 1

Arica, after the earthquake. No. 1

Photographs by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima, Peru. In album: Recuerdos del Peru, vol. 1.

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

[Two women amidst bricks and rubble after San Francisco earthquake and fire, 1906]

[Two women amidst bricks and rubble after San Francisco earthquake and...

H78343 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Market St., east from 5th, San Francisco, Cal.

Market St., east from 5th, San Francisco, Cal.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Up Market St. from Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal.

Up Market St. from Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal.

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Palace Hotel on fire, San Francisco, California, during earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906]

[Palace Hotel on fire, San Francisco, California, during earthquake an...

Copyright by Pillsbure [i.e. Pillsbury] Picture Co. No. 10. Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.

Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Scenes in San Francisco, [no. 2] /

Scenes in San Francisco, [no. 2] /

Panoramas filmed in the ruins of downtown San Francisco and outlying refugee camps following the 1906 earthquake and fire. A scene-by-scene description of the film: [Frame: 0102] Begins with a long, pan of down... More

Ruins of San Francisco, 500 feet elevation above Hyde and Green Sts.

Ruins of San Francisco, 500 feet elevation above Hyde and Green Sts.

Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; June 1906.

Bernhardt, Sarah, in carriage in San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906

Bernhardt, Sarah, in carriage in San Francisco after the earthquake an...

A black and white photo of a man and woman in a horse drawn carriage. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Mint after the earthquake, San Francisco, Cal.

U.S. Mint after the earthquake, San Francisco, Cal.

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Ferry Building, San Francisco, Cal.

Ferry Building, San Francisco, Cal.

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The "Call" Building from Grant Ave., San Francisco, Cal

The "Call" Building from Grant Ave., San Francisco, Cal

"3165" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019229. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Albanian man in long-haired cape looking in dismay at ruins of his home, caused by an earthquake in Tepelena, Albania--Another man is sorting stones to repair the damage]

[Albanian man in long-haired cape looking in dismay at ruins of his ho...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

Lotta's Fountain in San Francisco, California

Lotta's Fountain in San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Mauna Loa Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Mauna Loa Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI

Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More

Photograph of San Francisco in ruins from Lawrence Captive Airship, 2000 feet above San Francisco Bay overlooking water front. Sunset over Golden [Gat]e

Photograph of San Francisco in ruins from Lawrence Captive Airship, 20...

Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; 1906. Exhibit loan 4105-L. Exhibited in: Documenting disaster: photographs of the 1906 San Francisco earthquakes and fire, San Fra... More

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