California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of earthquake-damaged buildings, including the Temple Emanuel, in San Francisco, 1906

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View of earthquake-damaged buildings, including the Temple Emanuel, in San Francisco, 1906

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Photograph of a view of earthquake-damaged buildings, including the Temple Emanuel, in San Francisco, 1906. At center, a large brick building has been completely destroyed. Piles of rubble are visible in the middle of the building, and the walls have crumbled. There is evidence of fire damage as well. In the distance at center, a large cathedral is visible. It has two identical towers and rows of tall archways. Its roof has been damaged, and daylight can be seen through the front door.

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Title View of earthquake-damaged buildings, including the Temple Emanuel, in San Francisco, 1906

Subject buildings (adlf), Earthquakes (lcsh), Fires (lcsh), San Francisco -- Earthquake (1906) -- #4 (Individual Buildings) (file heading), San Francisco County -- San Francisco Earthquake -- Individual buildings (file heading), Synagogues (lcsh), Temple Emanuel (subject), Temples (lcsh), 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 ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (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-m9781

Identifier 33176 (accession number), CHS-33176 (call number), CHS-33176 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-10023 (legacy record id), chs-m9781 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-9920 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 10023

Unique identifier UC139762

Legacy Identifier CHS-33176.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.7 in × 15.9 in at 300dpi
50.1 cm × 40.6 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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