Browse images of earthquakes

Lotta's Fountain in San Francisco, California. 2012.

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Lotta's Fountain in San Francisco, California. 2012.

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Lotta's Fountain in San Francisco, California. 2012.

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Lotta's Fountain in San Francisco, California. 2012.

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Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas Fault in California's Sierra Madre Mountains, midway between Bakersfield and Santa Barbara. 2013.

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Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas fault in California's Sierra Madre Mountains, midway between Bakersfield and Santa Barbara. 2013.

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Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas fault in California's Sierra Madre Mountains, midway between Bakersfield and Santa Barbara. 2013.

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Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas fault in California's Sierra Madre Mountains, midway between Bakersfield and Santa Barbara. 2013.

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Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas fault in California's Sierra Madre Mountains, midway between Bakersfield and Santa Barbara. 2013.

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Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas fault in California's Sierra Madre Mountains, midway between Bakersfield and Santa Barbara. 2013.

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Joseph Henry's Letter to Ephraim George Squier (April 24, 1849). April 24, 1849

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Joseph Henry's Letter to Barton Stone Alexander (February 27, 1869). February 27, 1869

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Chalk Drawing of an Earthquake contained in Henry D. Rogers' Letter to Joseph Henry (June 15, 1843). June 15, 1843

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Lewis H. Steiner's Letter to Edward Foreman (June 3, 1852). June 3, 1852

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Market Street toward ferry, San Francisco, Calif.. [1906?]

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[Sutter St. up from Grant Ave.]. [1906]

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Looking up Post St. from Kearney St., San Francisco, Cal.. [1906]

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Ruins after San Francisco earthquake, 1906. [1906]

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[Two men cleaning street, horse-drawn wagon and damaged buildings in the background, after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake]. [1906]

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[Spectators sitting on hillside watching fires consume the city after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake]. [1906]

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[People cooking on the street after the earthquake and fire of 1906, San Francisco, California]. [1906]

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[u'[Views of Chile and Peru], [approximately 1868]']. [approximately 1868]

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Tower of City Hall, [1906 earthquake, San Francisco, Calif.]. [between 1906 and 1920]

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Ruins of City Hall, [1906 earthquake, San Francisco, Calif.]. [between 1906 and 1920]

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Cor[ner] Bush & Market St. [Mechanic's Fountain]. [c1906]

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Ruins from Nob Hill. [c1906]

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Giving clothing, Fort Point. [c1906]

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Aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. between 1906 and 1942; from a photograph taken 1906 Apr.

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Aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. between 1906 and 1942; from a photograph taken 1906 Apr.

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San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. between 1906 and 1942; from a photograph taken 1906 Apr.

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Steps that lead to nowhere (after the fire). between 1906 and 1942; from a photograph taken 1906 Apr.

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San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. between 1906 and 1942; from a photograph taken 1906 Apr.

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San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. between 1906 and 1942; from a photograph taken 1906 Apr.

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[San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906]. between 1906 and 1942; from a photograph taken 1906 Apr.

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San Francisco, April 18, 1906. between 1906 and 1942; from a photograph taken 1906 Apr. 18.

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California Street, from the top of the hill, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906 Aug. 11.

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A crude post office - reorganizing the mail service after the earthquake, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906 August 1.

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Fun making by the earthquake refugees - a temporary home, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906 August 1.

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Home life among the refugees - a street of tents in the Presidio, San Francisco Disaster. c1906 July 18.

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On duty "amid the encircling gloom" of a city's certain destruction. Magnificent fire scene near Union Ferry Bldg. San Francisco, U.S.A.. c1906 July 21.

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Ruins from Nob Hill. c1906 May 2.

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Camping in Jefferson Square. c1906 May 2.

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Dynamiting dangerous walls on Market St., after the fire, San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A.. c1906 May 24.

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[Block of burned buildings in San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake with fire truck spraying water on them]. c1906, June 8.

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[Man looking upward, San Francisco, after the earthquake and fire, 1906]. c1906.

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Ruins of Stanford Mansion and Hopkins Art Institute, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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[Ruins of earthquake-damaged San Francisco City Hall]. c1906.

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Burning of the call. c1906.

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View from Stock Exchange building while the fire was young. c1906.

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[Bird's-eye view of smoldering downtown section during the San Francisco earthquake and fire]. c1906.

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[Panoramic view of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire, showing ruins of buildings and smoke]. c1906.

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Ferry Building, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Looking up Market St. from near ferry, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Panorama from St. Francis Hotel. c1906.

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Panorama view of ruins of San Francisco from St. Francis Hotel. c1906.

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Panorama from Nob Hill. c1906.

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Unburned district of San Fransisco [sic] looking northeast from Lawrence Captive Airship, 2200 ft. elevation. c1906.

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Photograph of San Francisco in ruins from Lawrence Captive Airship, 2000 feet above San Francisco Bay overlooking water front. Sunset over Golden [Gat]e. c1906.

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Inverted statue of L. Agassiz. c1906.

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The Fire on Market Street. c1906.

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[People sitting in street in front of ruins from earthquake, San Francisco, California]. c1906.

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Life in San Francisco after the great disaster--cooking in the streets, Cal.. c1906.

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From Kohl Bldg. south to the once great business centre of destroyed San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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A band of little homeless refugees--happy in spite of the terrible calamity--San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Removing debris at Third, Kearney and Market Sts., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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New business house on site of Phelan Building, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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[View of building after earthquake and fire, San Francisco, California]. c1906.

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[Crowd on Grant Ave., San Francisco, California, watching building burn(?) during the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906]. c1906.

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[Palace Hotel on fire, San Francisco, California, during earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906]. c1906.

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General view of burned area, (Market St. on left) from Ferry Tower, San Francisco disaster, U.S.A.. c1906.

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[Two women amidst bricks and rubble after San Francisco earthquake and fire, 1906]. c1906.

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[Temporary structures in street, San Francisco, California, after the earthquake and fire, 1906]. c1906.

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Hall of Justice, Portsmouth Square, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Edge of Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Union Square and St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Van Ness Ave., limit of fire, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Cooking in the street, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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First Unitarian Church, damaged by earthquake, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Foot of Market Street, showing earthquake upheaval, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Panorama from roof of Ferry P.O., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Up Market St. from Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Palace Hotel, new Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Up Sutter St. from Grant Ave., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Down Market St., Phelan Bldg. in foreground, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Market St., east from 5th, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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The "Call" Building from Grant Ave., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Clearing away the debris, California St., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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U.S. Mint after the earthquake, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Pine St. below Kearney St., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Ruins of Pettibone Bros., New Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Turk St., from the corner of Market and Mason Sts., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Looking up California St. from Sansoney [i.e. Sansome] St., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Fairmount Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Ruins of Stanford Mansion and Hopkins Art Institute, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Edge of burned district, corn. of Franklin and Sacremento [i.e. Sacramento] Sts., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Ruins of Flood Mansion, Nob Hill, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Post and Montgomery sts., corner of Market, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Russian and Telegraph hills from roof of Ferry P.O., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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Nob Hill from roof of Ferry P.O., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

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