Title

Forming bread line at Jefferson Square', 1906.

Caption

'Forming bread line at Jefferson Square', 1906. Survivors queuing for bread. A major earthquake struck San Francisco, California, USA, on 18 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. Stereocard.

Date

1906

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F13_405

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59,4Mb (2,6Mb) / 15,2in x 15,2in / 4551 x 4560 (300dpi)

Keywords

photograph stereocard city California food people queue destruction country San Francisco damage location disaster earthquake century catastrophe queuing concept natural phenomena B&W aftermath MONOCHROME survivors United States of America cinematography black & white black and white B W 1900s 20th century stereoscope American bread America USA The Print Collector stereoscopic TGN photograph stereoscopic card stereocard Yerba Buena united states Unknown stereoscope card Stereograph World Wide View Company World Wide View Co Jefferson Square