San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Stereographs, 1906
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 37 stereographs, 12 x 18 cm or smaller. 37 digital objects
- Language:
- Collection materials are in English
Background
- Scope and content:
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The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Stereographs collection contains 37 stereographic prints, mostly published by Tom M. Phillips in 1906. The collection documents the devastation caused by the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. Pictured are scenes along Market, Mission, California, and Sutter Streets, and Golden Gate and Van Ness Avenues. Among the notable buildings pictured are City Hall, the St. Francis Hotel, the Emporium Building, the Wells-Fargo Building, Claus Spreckel's residence, St. Dominic's Church, and the Hibernia Bank. Also pictured are refugee camps, as well as the Ferry Building prior to the disaster.
The collection also includes a stereograph of Donner Lake taken circa 1865 by Alfred A. Hart, and two stereographs of tourists at Devil's Canyon, Geyser Springs, Sonoma County, taken by Andrew Price circa 1880.
The stereographs are numbered according to the photographer's number present on each stereograph. Therefore there are many gaps in the numbering sequence.
- Acquisition information:
- Unknown
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481