San Francisco earthquake damage, showing the ruins of the vaults in Continental Insurance Company, 1906

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Title	San Francisco earthquake damage, showing the ruins of the vaults in Continental Insurance Company, 1906
Description	Photograph of San Francisco earthquake damage, showing the ruins of the vaults in Continental Insurance Company, formerly proclaimed fireproof, 1906. A bare, wooden frame stands over the fallen bricks and bent metal pieces in the foreground. A doorway stands below a small window in a small portion of a brick wall which still stands at center. The roof has crumbled along with most of the surrounding walls.
Subject	Continental Insurance Company
Subject (adlf)	buildings
Subject (file heading)	San Francisco County -- San Francisco Earthquake -- Individual buildings; San Francisco -- Earthquake (1906) -- #6
Subject (lcsh)	Views Earthquakes Fires Buildings Vaults (strong rooms) Insurance
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	43937
Call number	CHS-43937
Identifying number	unidentified no: 70
Legacy record ID	chs-m9839; USC-1-1-1-9977
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-43937
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Archival file	chs_Volume70/CHS-43937.tiff

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