Title

Aftermath of the great earthquake, San Francisco, California, USA, 1906.Artist: HC White

Caption

Aftermath of the great earthquake, San Francisco, California, USA, 1906. Damage to the spire of the Steiner Street Catholic Church and settled houses. A major earthquake struck San Francisco on 18th April 1906. As well as damaging many buildings, the quake ruptured gas lines, causing fires to break out. As water mains had also been damaged, firefighters had little chance of fighting the blaze, which went on to destroy some 25,000 buildings. In all, the earthquake and fires killed an estimated 3000 people, the most to lose their lives in a natural disaster in US history, and made more than half the city's 400,000 population homeless. Stereoscopic card detail.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1906

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C52_079

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,8Mb) / 13,7in x 14,1in / 4123 x 4237 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation California road building buildings people destruction house religious street country religion San Francisco church lane avenue damage damaged Christian Christianity carriage spire location Catholic Catholicism disaster earthquake century Roman Catholic catastrophe destroyed facade concept steeple natural disaster natural phenomena B&W MONOCHROME Steiner Street road Transport United States of America United States black & white black and white B W Roman Catholicism 1900s 20th century façade American America USA The Print Collector horse-drawn vehicle stereoscopic stereoscopic photography TGN photograph stereoscopic card Yerba Buena HC White White HC photograph