California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of the city hall building after the earthquake in San Francisco, 1906

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View of the city hall building after the earthquake in San Francisco, 1906

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Photograph of a view of the city hall building after the earthquake in San Francisco, 1906. The building can be seen in the background at center. A long rectangular base can be seen, and scaffolding supports a cylindrical tower with an onion-shaped dome at right. Debris and the remains of several buildings can be seen at left. A dirt road is visible in the foreground, and several people can be seen walking through the street.

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Title View of the city hall building after the earthquake in San Francisco, 1906

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1906

Subject buildings (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Streets (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1906

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 17 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

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

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-m23528

Identifier 49959 (accession number), CHS-49959 (call number), CHS-49959 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-21764 (legacy record id), chs-m23528 (legacy record id), USC (project), ARCH-142 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21764

Unique identifier UC127372

Legacy Identifier CHS-49959.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 28.0 in × 20.0 in at 300dpi
71.1 cm × 50.8 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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