San Francisco earthquake damage, showing the ruins of the California Hotel, 1906

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Title	San Francisco earthquake damage, showing the ruins of the California Hotel, 1906
Description	Photograph of San Francisco earthquake damage, showing the ruins of the California Hotel, 1906. A man in a dark suit and hat stands amidst a sea of fallen bricks pointing at the remains of the hotel behind him at center. The arched entrance can still be seen in one of the remaining portions of the hotel's brick walls. More heavily damaged buildings stand in the background on the far left.
Subject	California Hotel
Subject (adlf)	buildings
Subject (file heading)	San Francisco County -- San Francisco Earthquake -- Individual buildings; San Francisco -- Earthquake (1906) -- #4 (Individual Buildings)
Subject (lcsh)	Views Earthquakes Fires Hotels, taverns, etc.
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 ; 13 x 18 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	43928
Call number	CHS-43928
Identifying number	unidentified no: 01; unidentified no: 32
Legacy record ID	chs-m9796; USC-1-1-1-9934
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-43928
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Archival file	chs_Volume70/CHS-43928.tiff

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