California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

View of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fires, showing a view of Ferry Building tower looking toward Nobb Hill, 1906

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View of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fires, showing a view of Ferry Building tower looking toward Nobb Hill, 1906

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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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Description

Photograph of a view of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fires, showing a view of Ferry Building tower looking toward Nobb Hill, 1906. People can be seen searching through the rubble that is left after the earthquake and resulting fires took its toll. A majority of the buildings have collapsed or were burnt to the ground.

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Title View of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fires, showing a view of Ferry Building tower looking toward Nobb Hill, 1906

Subject cities (adlf), Earthquakes (lcsh), Fires (lcsh), San Francisco County -- San Francisco Earthquake (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), San Francisco (city or populated place), San Francisco (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1906

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1906

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17650

Identifier 8466 (accession number), CHS-8466 (call number), CHS-8466 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17638 (legacy record id), chs-m17650 (legacy record id), 1-48- (microfiche number), USC (project), 5F2 (unidentified no.), CHS-EQUA-306 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17638

Unique identifier UC142670

Legacy Identifier CHS-8466.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.8 in × 15.7 in at 300dpi
50.5 cm × 40.1 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Date Created 1860/1960