California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Aerial view of the fire that followed San Francisco's earthquake, April 18, 1906

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Aerial view of the fire that followed San Francisco's earthquake, April 18, 1906

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Photograph of an aerial view of the fire that followed San Francisco's earthquake, April 18, 1906. The smoke from the fire is visible in the distance, behind a row of three tall sky scrapers. The one on the right is still under construction, while the one in the middle is topped by an elaborate dome structure. In the foreground are mostly houses, as yet untouched by the flames that devastated the rest of the city.

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Title Aerial view of the fire that followed San Francisco's earthquake, April 18, 1906

Subject cities (adlf), Earthquakes (lcsh), Fires (lcsh), San Francisco -- Earthquake (1906) -- #2 (file heading), San Francisco County -- San Francisco Earthquake -- Fires (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1906-04-18

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegatives, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm., 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

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

Date Created 1906-04-18

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-m9757

Identifier 10087 (accession number), CHS-10087 (call number), CHS-10087 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-10000 (legacy record id), chs-m9757 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-9896 (legacy record id), 1-48- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 10000

Unique identifier UC139876

Legacy Identifier CHS-10087.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.7 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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