Bread line on 6th and Mission Streets after the earthquake, San Francisco, 1906

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Title Bread line on 6th and Mission Streets after the earthquake, San Francisco, 1906

Description Photograph of a bread line on 6th and Mission Streets after the earthquake, San Francisco, 1906. Men in dark suits and hats stand in a line which reaches from the right foreground to the left distance. Several soldiers in uniform and with guns in hand monitor the line from the left. One soldier stands on a pile of rubble which lies in the foreground on the left. Supplies are piled behind the rubble on the left where broken electrical lines stand overhead. The remains of large buildings stand in the background.

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1906

Subject Armed Forces (lcsh), Bread (lcsh), buildings (lcsh), camps (adlf), Earthquakes (lcsh), Fires (lcsh), Food (lcsh), Military (lcsh), Refugees (lcsh), San Francisco -- Earthquake (1906) -- #5 (Aftermath) (file heading), San Francisco County -- San Francisco Earthquake -- Aftermath (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 6th Street & Mission Street (roadways), California (states), San Francisco (city or populated place), San Francisco (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1906

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 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)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9808

Identifier 43349 (accession number), CHS-43349 (call number), CHS-43349 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-10050 (legacy record id), chs-m9808 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-9946 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 10050

Unique identifier UC140134

Legacy Identifier CHS-43349.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.7 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
47.6 cm × 34.5 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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