San Francisco earthquake damage, showing workers eating dinner at Montgomery Street looking north from California Street, 1906

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Title	San Francisco earthquake damage, showing workers eating dinner at Montgomery Street looking north from California Street, 1906
Description	Photograph of San Francisco earthquake damage, showing workers eating dinner at Montgomery Street looking north from California Street, 1906. The workers sit on odd pieces of rubble in the foreground on the right as they eat their dinner. A warped pole stands near them at center. Men in suits and hats walk down the damaged streets around the workers. A building across the street from the workers on the left has boarded windows and charred walls. Debris has spilled into the street in the background on the right.
Subject (adlf)	roadways
Subject (file heading)	San Francisco County -- San Francisco Earthquake -- Street scenes; San Francisco -- Earthquake (1906) -- #3
Subject (lcsh)	Views Earthquakes Fires Streets Buildings Dinners and dining
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	San Francisco
Geographic subject (county)	San Francisco
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1906
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1906
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	43920
Call number	CHS-43920
Identifying number	unidentified no: 209
Legacy record ID	chs-m9775; USC-1-1-1-9914
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	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-43920
Archival file	chs_Volume70/CHS-43920.tiff

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