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On 18 April 1906, the morning of the great San Francisco earthquake, Genthe, with his cameras and studio destroyed, borrowed a hand-held camera and photographed the destruction across the city. Of his over 180 surviving, sharp-focus photographs of San Francisco, probably his most famous image is "San Francisco, April 18th, 1906," which shows a ...
Electra Power House--D.C. Exciter Cat in Bowl Back of City Hall after 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Dead Horses photograph by Edith Irvine. Lizzie Edith Irvine (7 January 1884 – 1949) was an American photographer who documented the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Born into a wealthy family in Northern California, Irvine became interested in ...
Grace Cathedral after the San Francisco earthquake, 1906, by Cohen. In 1906, Cohen was in San Francisco after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and documented the city's ruins in a series of photographs. He wrote an accompanying article titled With a Camera in San Francisco, which was published in Camera Craft magazine. Cohen laments the poor ...
Series: Photographs of the Aftermath of the San Francisco Earthquake, compiled 1906 - 1906 (National Archives Identifier: 522932) NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-92-ER-26; 92-ER-26; Source: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration: Other versions
On April 18, 1906, San Franciscans were awoken at 5:11 a.m. by what would become the deadliest earthquake in U.S. history.
Timeline of the San Francisco Earthquake April 18 – 23, 1906 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine – The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco; JB Monaco Photography – Photographic account of earthquake and fire aftermath from well-known North Beach photographer; Tsunami Record from the Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake ...
San Francisco Mission District burning in the aftermath of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. Reason A dramatic photograph taken at some personal risk: a major fire rages quite close to the rooftop where this was shot 102 years ago when camera equipment was heavy and required a tripod.
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