Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Archived February 11, 2017, at the Wayback Machine – United States Geological Survey; The 1906 Earthquake and Fire – National Archives; Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire: Early Films of San Francisco, 1897–1916 – American Memory at the Library of Congress
Photographer Arnold Genthe took the most famous photo of the destruction of San Francisco by earthquake and fire on April 18, 1906. Looking Down Sacramento Street, San Francisco, April 18, 1906 is a black and white photograph taken by Arnold Genthe in San Francisco, California on the morning of April 18, 1906 in the wake of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Around 11 pm on the night of May 3, 1851, a fire (possibly arson) broke out in a paint and upholstery store above a hotel on the south side of Portsmouth Square in San Francisco. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Fueled by increasingly high winds, the fire was initially carried down Kearny St. and then, as the winds shifted to the south, into the downtown area ...
On April 18, 1906, San Franciscans were awoken at 5:11 a.m. by what would become the deadliest earthquake in U.S. history.
Arnold Genthe (8 January 1869 – 9 August 1942) was a German-American photographer, best known for his photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and his portraits of noted people, from politicians and socialites to literary figures and entertainment celebrities.
It was the first brownstone building west of the Mississippi River, and the only mansion on Nob Hill to structurally survive the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966. [3] [4]
San Francisco Earthquake & Fire: April 18, 1906 is an American short black-and-white documentary silent film. The film documents the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake . This film is "narrated" with the standard text slides between scenes .
San Francisco's most beloved tourist attractions are also all but deserted as people heed the shelter-in-place order. San Francisco is currently under a shelter-in-place order directing people to ...