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[View "from the hilltop site of the Fairmont Hotel" showing ruins after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake]

[View "from the hilltop site of the Fairmont Hotel" showing ruins afte...

H79075 U.S. Copyright Office. Panel 7 (from left) of 9 panel panoramic photograph. Photograph by Johannes B. Moller. Copyright Jun 7 1906 by Johannes B. Moller. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the p... More

Home life among the refugees - a street of tents in the Presidio, San Francisco Disaster

Home life among the refugees - a street of tents in the Presidio, San ...

Stereo shows a couple at a makeshift camp table outside of their tent in the Presidio after the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. H80899 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 20651. Exhibited: Documenting Disaster: Photo... More

[Two men cleaning street, horse-drawn wagon and damaged buildings in the background, after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake]

[Two men cleaning street, horse-drawn wagon and damaged buildings in t...

Inscribed in lower right corner: 7. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 128.

[Spectators sitting on hillside watching fires consume the city after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake]

[Spectators sitting on hillside watching fires consume the city after ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 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

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

Kearney St. and Hall of Justice after the great disaster, San Francisco, U.S.A.

Kearney St. and Hall of Justice after the great disaster, San Francisc...

Stereograph showing ruins following the earthquake and fire in 1906 in San Francisco, California. H96571 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8773. Copyright 1907 by H.C. White Co. Exhibited: "Documenting Disaster: Phot... More

After the earthquake - frame houses tumbled from their foundations, San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A.

After the earthquake - frame houses tumbled from their foundations, Sa...

Stereo shows two Victorian houses that have fallen off of their foundations after the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. H97373 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8774. Copyright July 29, 1907 by H.C. White Co. Exhibit... More

After the earthquake - frame houses tumbled from their foundations, San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A.

After the earthquake - frame houses tumbled from their foundations, Sa...

Stereo shows two Victorian houses that have fallen off of their foundations after the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. H97373 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8774. Copyright July 29, 1907 by H.C. White Co. Exhibit... More

A crude post office - reorganizing the mail service after the earthquake, San Francisco, Cal.

A crude post office - reorganizing the mail service after the earthqua...

Stereo shows a young girl and two men standing in front of the tent serving as the post office after the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. H78375 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8237. Exhibited: Documenting Disaste... More

Arnold Genthe - San Francisco earthquake

Arnold Genthe - San Francisco earthquake

Photograph shows people standing on Sacramento Street watching the fire in the distance. Another print from the same negative processed as LOT 3445, no. 9. Forms part of: Genthe photograph collection (Library ... More

Exploded gas tanks, U.S. Mint, Emporium and Spreckels Bld'g /

Exploded gas tanks, U.S. Mint, Emporium and Spreckels Bld'g /

This film is a spectacular pan of the downtown area of San Francisco as seen from south of Market Street. The location among low ruins was ideal to view the tall ruined buildings along and north of Market Stree... More

[Spectators sitting on hillside watching fires consume the city after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake]

[Spectators sitting on hillside watching fires consume the city after ...

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

Bird's-eye-view of ruins of San Francisco from captive airship, 600 feet above Folsom between Fifth and Sixth Sts.

Bird's-eye-view of ruins of San Francisco from captive airship, 600 fe...

H77574 U.S. Copyright Office Photographer's address: Chicago, Ill. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; May 16, 1906.

A new and finer crown for California / CH [monogram].

A new and finer crown for California / CH [monogram].

Illustration shows a female figure holding out a crown labeled "The New Frisco", fashioned after a city skyline; a bear sits on the ground next to her and, in the background, are 16th or 17th century sailing sh... More

On the rack / CH [monogram]. - Drawing. Public domain image.

On the rack / CH [monogram]. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows an allegorical female figure labeled "San Francisco" being tortured "on the rack" by a cast of medieval-looking executioners labeled "Cement Dealer, Lumber Dealer, Iron Workers' Union, Steel ... More

California St., to Fairmount Hotel, great Merchant's Exchange on left, San Francisco disaster, U.S.A.

California St., to Fairmount Hotel, great Merchant's Exchange on left,...

Stereograph showing ruins following the earthquake and fire in San Francisco, 1906, with men and women walking along the center of California Street. H79780 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8722. Copyright by H.C. Wh... More

Fun making by the earthquake refugees - a temporary home, San Francisco, Cal.

Fun making by the earthquake refugees - a temporary home, San Francisc...

Stereo shows a group of people sitting outside of a decorated tent called the "House of Mirth" with signs indicating an available elevator and running water after the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. H77336 U.... More

On duty "amid the encircling gloom" of a city's certain destruction. Magnificent fire scene near Union Ferry Bldg. San Francisco, U.S.A.

On duty "amid the encircling gloom" of a city's certain destruction. M...

Stereo shows fire engine and sailors in front of Harbor Emergency Hospital - Union Ferry Bldg. in background, following San Francisco earthquake. H81013 U.S. Copyright Office. Exhibited: Documenting Disaster: ... More

On duty "amid the encircling gloom" of a city's certain destruction. Magnificent fire scene near Union Ferry Bldg. San Francisco, U.S.A.

On duty "amid the encircling gloom" of a city's certain destruction. M...

Stereo shows fire engine and sailors in front of Harbor Emergency Hospital - Union Ferry Bldg. in background, following San Francisco earthquake. H81013 U.S. Copyright Office. Exhibited: Documenting Disaster: ... More

Dynamiting dangerous walls on Market St., after the fire, San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A.

Dynamiting dangerous walls on Market St., after the fire, San Francisc...

Stereo shows a man from the Building Committee driving a car on Market Street toward an explosion in the distance, after the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. H78144 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8717. Copyright ... More

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

California Street, from the top of the hill, San Francisco, Cal.

California Street, from the top of the hill, San Francisco, Cal.

Stereo shows a photographer and assistant setting up a camera on California Street on Nob Hill after the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. H81793 U.S. Copyright Office. Sold only by Griffith & Griffith. No. 4. ... More

Dynamiting dangerous walls on Market St., after the fire, San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A.

Dynamiting dangerous walls on Market St., after the fire, San Francisc...

Stereo shows a man from the Building Committee driving a car on Market Street toward an explosion in the distance, after the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. H78144 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8717. Copyright ... More

Fun making by the earthquake refugees - a temporary home, San Francisco, Cal.

Fun making by the earthquake refugees - a temporary home, San Francisc...

Stereo shows a group of people sitting outside of a decorated tent called the "House of Mirth" with signs indicating an available elevator and running water after the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. H77336 U.... More

City Hall after the earthquake, showing the shattered foundations, San Francisco, Cal.

City Hall after the earthquake, showing the shattered foundations, San...

Stereograph showing ruins of City Hall following the earthquake and fire in San Francisco, 1906, with photographer using camera on tripod in foreground. H81824 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 39. Sold only by Griffi... More

After the earthquake - frame houses tumbled from their foundations, San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A.

After the earthquake - frame houses tumbled from their foundations, Sa...

Stereo shows two Victorian houses that have fallen off of their foundations after the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. H97373 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8774. Copyright July 29, 1907 by H.C. White Co. Exhibit... More

Bird's-eye-view of ruins of San Francisco from captive airship, 600 feet above Folsom between Fifth and Sixth Sts.

Bird's-eye-view of ruins of San Francisco from captive airship, 600 fe...

H77574 U.S. Copyright Office Photographer's address: Chicago, Ill. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; May 16, 1906.

Bird's-eye-view of ruins of San Francisco from captive airship, 600 feet above Folsom between Fifth and Sixth Sts.

Bird's-eye-view of ruins of San Francisco from captive airship, 600 fe...

H77574 U.S. Copyright Office Photographer's address: Chicago, Ill. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; May 16, 1906.

Scenes in San Francisco, [no. 1] /

Scenes in San Francisco, [no. 1] /

Views and pans among the ruins of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire. A scene-by-scene description of the film: [Frame: 0100] The camera, positioned at the southwest corner of Mission and 5th streets, ... More

Army pack train bringing supplies. /

Army pack train bringing supplies. /

This film highlights the role of the United States Army in transporting supplies following the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco. The Army's relief operations headquarters was at their base, the Presidi... More

[People cooking on the street after the earthquake and fire of 1906, San Francisco, California]

[People cooking on the street after the earthquake and fire of 1906, S...

No. 52 Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) was a German-born American photographer who is best known for his photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown and the 1906 earthquake. He began his career as a portrait photograph... More

San Francisco disaster / motion picture

San Francisco disaster / motion picture

This film shows the partial burning of a small-scale model of downtown San Francisco in an early attempt at simulating the 1906 disaster. The model is seen in aerial view from above the South-of-Market district... More

On duty "amid the encircling gloom" of a city's certain destruction. Magnificent fire scene near Union Ferry Bldg. San Francisco, U.S.A.

On duty "amid the encircling gloom" of a city's certain destruction. M...

Stereo shows fire engine and sailors in front of Harbor Emergency Hospital - Union Ferry Bldg. in background, following San Francisco earthquake. H81013 U.S. Copyright Office. Exhibited: Documenting Disaster: ... More