Interior view of the supposedly fireproof Continental Insurance Company, showing earthquake damage, San Francisco, [s.d.]
Title
Interior view of the supposedly fireproof Continental Insurance Company , showing earthquake damage , San Francisco , [s.d.]
Description
Photograph of an interior view of the supposedly fireproof Continental Insurance Company, showing earthquake damage, San Francisco, [s.d.]. Columns support a stone frame overhead which stands above the sea of bricks and debris in the foreground below. The roof is completely demolished along with most of the outer walls. A small, brick structure within the fallen structure stands at center with heavy damage to its roof. The fallen bricks of its ceiling can be seen in a pile through a window on the structure's second floor. A tall, broken brick wall stands to the left of the structure.
Subject (adlf)
buildings
Subject (lcsh)
Views Earthquakes Buildings
Geographic subject (city or populated place)
San Francisco
Geographic subject (county)
San Francisco
Geographic subject (state)
California
Geographic subject (country)
USA
Coverage era
[s.d.]
Photographer
Pierce , C.C . (Charles C.) , 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)
University of Southern California . Libraries
Type
images
Format (aacr2)
1 photograph : photonegative , b&w ; 13 x 18 cm .
Format (aat)
negatives (photographic) photographs
Contributing entity
California Historical Society
Accession number
49477
Call number
CHS-49477
Legacy record ID
chs-m24054
Part of collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project
USC
Rights
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license -- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ -- Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library ; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Physical access
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Repository name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address
Doheny Memorial Library , Los Angeles , CA 90089-0189
Repository email
specol@usc.edu
Filename
CHS-49477
Archival file
chs_Volume136/CHS-49477.tiff
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