California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of San Francisco burning from the bay after the earthquake, 1906

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View of San Francisco burning from the bay after the earthquake, 1906

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Photograph of a view of San Francisco burning from the bay after the earthquake, 1906. The city can be seen in the background at center and is completely enveloped in smoke. Several tall wooden ships can be seen at anchor in the distance at center, and a steamboat can be seen at left. The water of the bay is calm, with only small waves disturbing its surface.

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Title View of San Francisco burning from the bay after the earthquake, 1906

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1906

Subject Earthquakes (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Views (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 18 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-m24623

Identifier 39970 (accession number), CHS-39970 (call number), CHS-39970 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-23893 (legacy record id), chs-m24623 (legacy record id), USC (project), EQUA-145 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 23893

Unique identifier UC126066

Legacy Identifier CHS-39970.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.8 in × 28.0 in at 300dpi
53.0 cm × 71.3 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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