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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing scavengers searching for melted jewelry in the ashes of the mansions on Nob Hill, 1906
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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing scavengers searching for melted jewelry in the ashes of the mansions on Nob Hill, 1906
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Description
Photograph of San Francisco earthquake damage, showing scavengers searching for melted jewelry in the ashes of the mansions on Nob Hill, 1906. A crowd of people in dark clothes kneel over the ground where a mansion burned to the ground at center. A metal fence indicates the edge of the property to the right of the people. The ruined cityscape stands in a cloud of dust across the background.
Asset Metadata
Title
San Francisco earthquake damage, showing scavengers searching for melted jewelry in the ashes of the mansions on Nob Hill, 1906
Subject
buildings
(lcsh),
buildings
(adlf),
Dwellings
(lcsh),
Earthquakes
(lcsh),
Fires
(lcsh),
Jewelry
(lcsh),
San Francisco -- Earthquake (1906) -- #5 (Aftermath)
(file heading),
San Francisco County -- San Francisco Earthquake -- Aftermath
(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 : photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 15 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
(subcollection)
Date Created
1906
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9811
Identifier
43346 (
accession number
), CHS-43346 (
call number
), CHS-43346 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-10053 (
legacy record id
), chs-m9811 (
legacy record id
), USC-2-1-1-9949 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
10053
Unique identifier
UC140004
Legacy Identifier
CHS-43346.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
24.2 in × 16.4 in at 300dpi
61.7 cm × 41.6 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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