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A View Representing Financial Losses Untold - San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Disaster of April 18, 1906. 1906

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Spectators Gaze with Awe on the Wreck of their Beautiful City-San Francisco, After Earthquake and Fire of April 18, 1906. 1906

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Y.M.C.A. Building a Total Wreck - San Francisco Disaster of April 18, 1906. 1906

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Tried in the Crucible of Fire and Earthquake-Call Building, San Francisco, After the Disaster of April 18, 1906. 1906

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Memorial Arch and Memorial Church of the Leland Stanford Jr. University, Palo Alto, Cal., After Earthquake Shock of April 18, 1906. 1906

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A Beautiful City's Great Blight-Scene from Stockton and Sutter Streets, San Francisco, After Earthquake and Fire of April 18, 1906. 1906

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Market Street Ravaged and Laid Waste Without Mercy--Earthquake and Fire Disaster, San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906

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From Under the Heavy Hand of Fate-City Hall, San Francisco After Earthquake and Fire Disaster of April 18, 1906. 1906

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After the fire, 1906 (the Fairmount Hotel in the distance), Chinatown, San Francisco. 1906 Apr.

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Charred corpse of a victim of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. 1906 Apr.

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Charred corpse of a victim of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. 1906 Apr.

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On the ruins (April 1906), Chinatown, San Francisco. 1906 Apr.

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On the ruins (April 1906), Chinatown, San Francisco. 1906 Apr.

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Bernhardt, Sarah, in carriage in San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906. 1906 Apr.

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Bernhardt, Sarah, in carriage in San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906. 1906 Apr.

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Bernhardt, Sarah, in carriage in San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906. 1906 Apr.

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Bernhardt, Sarah, in carriage in San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906. 1906 Apr.

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Steps that lead to nowhere (after the fire). 1906 Apr.

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San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

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San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

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San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

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San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

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San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

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San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

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San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

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San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

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San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

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San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

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San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

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San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

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San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

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San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

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San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

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The Burning of San Francisco, April 18, view from St. Francis Hotel. 1906 April 18.

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The Burning of San Francisco, April 18, view from the Merchant's Exchange Bld.. 1906 April 18.

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The burning of San Francisco, April 18, [19]06, view from St. Francis Hotel. 1906 April 18.

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Ruins of San Francisco, Nob Hill in foreground, from Lawrence Captive Airship, 1500 feet elevation, May 29, 1906. 1906 May 29.

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San Francisco in ruins, May 5th, 1906. 1906 May 5.

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Exterior view of the Hotel Vendome Annex after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

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Hotel Vendome Annex after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

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Post office after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

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Exterior view of the First Presbyterian Church after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

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View of a high school after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

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Saint Patricks Church after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April,1906. 1906-04

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View of an unidentified building damaged by the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

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View of West Santa Clara Street, near Market Street after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

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Exterior view of the Unique Theatre after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April,1906. 1906-04

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Exterior view of the New Hall of Justice after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

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Victory Theatre after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

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View of an unidentified building damaged by the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

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Exterior view of the Home Union Building and large department store after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

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Exterior view of Elks Hall after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

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Call Building on fire in San Francisco after the earthquake, April 18,1906. 1906-04-18

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Men serving coffee to refugees of the San Francisco earthquake and fire, April 18, 1906. 1906-04-18

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Great fire consuming the Palace and Grand Hotels after the earthquake, San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906-04-18

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View of the destruction caused by the fire that followed the San Francisco earthquake, April 18, 1906. 1906-04-18

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Aerial view of the fire that followed San Francisco's earthquake, April 18, 1906. 1906-04-18

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View of the fire that followed the San Francisco earthquake on April 18, 1906. 1906-04-18

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Fire in San Francisco following the earthquake, showing Market Street, April 18, 1906. 1906-04-18

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View of the fire that followed San Francisco's earthquake, April 18, 1906. 1906-04-18

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View taken from Chinatown of the fire that followed the San Francisco earthquake, April 18, 1906. 1906-04-18

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Refugees from the fire that followed San Francisco's earthquake, April 18, 1906. 1906-04-18

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Call Building at Third Street and Market Street in flames, a result of the earthquake, San Francisco, April 18-20, 1906. 1906-04-18/1906-04-20

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Refugees gathered in front of the Dewey Monument in San Francisco's Union Square after the earthquake, April 18. 1906. 1906-05-18

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Exterior view of the ruins of the Memorial Church at Stanford University after the 1906 earthquake, ca.1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing Market Street from Montgomery, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing a refugee camp made of scrap iron, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing the wholesale district from Donohue's Fountain at Market and Battery Streets, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing ruins of buildings on Market Street from the Flood Building, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing the ruins of Post Street, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing scavengers searching for melted jewelry in the ashes of the mansions on Nob Hill, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing refugees at the foot of the McKinley Monument, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing a sewer-pipe blown up, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing a view of Market Street, 1906. 1906-1906

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Panorama of San Francisco in the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake and fire, shown from the Crocker residence, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco's Montgomery Street from California Street showing damage from the earthquake and fire, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, looking toward the Bay and Goat Island, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing the remains of the Powell and Jackson Power House, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing ruins of buildings on Kearney Street from California Street, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing people in front of building ruins, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing the business district from Nob Hill, 1906. 1906-1906

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Refugee camp in an open area after the earthquake, San Francisco, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing Van Ness Avenue, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing ruins along Ellis Street, 1906. 1906-1906

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Refugee camp in Jefferson Square after the earthquake, San Francisco, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing Sansome Street, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing people placing dynamite among the ruins, 1906. 1906-1906

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View through the Arch of the Memorial Church at Stanford University following the 1906 earthquake, 1906. 1906-1906

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Panoramic view of San Francisco in the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake and fire, shown from Nob Hill, 1906. 1906-1906

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View of earthquake damage on an unidentified San Francisco street, 1906. 1906-1906

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Panorama of San Francisco from Nob Hill in the aftermath of the fire and earthquake, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing ruins along a street, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing the ruins on Market Street, 1906. 1906-1906

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Ferry landing from Oakland after the earthquake, San Francisco, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing ruins of buildings on Mason Street from Eddy Street, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing ruins of buildings on Market Street from Powell Street, from The Emporium and New Flood Building, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing the ruins of an unidentified building, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing the ruins of California Street, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing people walking amidst the rubble, 1906. 1906-1906

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San Francisco earthquake damage, showing Market Street north from Montgomery Street, 1906. 1906-1906

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