California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Refugee camp after the San Francisco earthquake, showing a National Guardsman on duty under martial law, 1906

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Refugee camp after the San Francisco earthquake, showing a National Guardsman on duty under martial law, 1906

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Photograph of a refugee camp after the San Francisco earthquake, showing a National Guardsman on duty under martial law, from the Seventh Regiment in Los Angeles, 1906. A young man in a dark uniform rests a run over his left should at center. He stands in the middle of the street with a field filled with tents behind him. Electrical poles stand in front of the buildings at the end of the street in the background on the left.; Gift: Carey Stanton, 1978.

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Title Refugee camp after the San Francisco earthquake, showing a National Guardsman on duty under martial law, 1906

Subject Armed Forces (lcsh), camps (adlf), Earthquakes (lcsh), Fires (lcsh), Martial law (lcsh), Military (lcsh), San Francisco -- Earthquake (1906) -- #8 (file heading), San Francisco County -- San Francisco Earthquake -- Stereoptics (file heading), Tents (lcsh), United States -- National Guard (lcsh), United States National Guard (subject), 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 18 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9859

Identifier 43386 (accession number), CHS-43386 (call number), CHS-43386 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-10100 (legacy record id), chs-m9859 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-9997 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 10100

Unique identifier UC140167

Legacy Identifier CHS-43386.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 28.0 in × 13.9 in at 300dpi
71.3 cm × 35.4 cm at 300dpi

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Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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