Buy this book on-line Collection of Twelve Original Photographs of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
Collection of twelve original black-and-white photographs of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. No date, circa 1906. 5" x 3 1/2." Photographs are clean and intact overall as a collection but are fairly fragile. All of the photos have slight rippling. Some have more damage than others. The most severe damage appears on a few photos where there appear to be spots of dampstaining or rubbing (possibly from the chemical process of making the photos) on the surface. A few also have small chips and closed tears along the edges. Each photo is Good and Good as an entire collection. These twelve photographs capture the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. Three of the photos are duplicates of two compositions, so there are nine unique compositions in total. The nine compositions are summarized as follows: (1) panorama of the leveled city with the ruins of City Hall in the background, (2) corner view of damaged building with horse-drawn wagon in front, (3) corner view of a severely damaged bell tower, (4) damaged Central Bank building with man and woman in foreground [three copies], (5) view of Market Street with Monadnock Building in background [two copies], (6) close-up view of City Hall ruins with focus on its damaged tower and rotunda, (7) panoramic city view of leveled blocks and intersection in lower-left corner, (8) "straight-shot" view of people walking on a ruined street, possibly Market Street, and (9) panoramic city view as seen from a damaged rooftop (scorch marks and other fire damage fairly visible on the roof). On April 18, 1906, an earthquake with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9 devastated the city of San Francisco. It is thought that the ensuing fire caused most of the damage to the city. Casualties numbered more than 3,000 and about eighty percent of the city was destroyed. The 1906 earthquake still has the designation of being California's deadliest natural disaster.. Photographic Image. Book Condition: Collectible-Good. Binding: No Binding Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Collection of Twelve Original Photographs of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including atlases, livres rares, rare books, livres illustrées and out of print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |