San Francisco earthquake and fire – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with San Francisco earthquake and fire, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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San Francisco earthquake and fire
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Arnold Genthe, a German-born photographer who worked in San Francisco, is credited with this view of the city in the aftermath of the April 18, 1906 earthquake and the fires that followed. The fires burned for several days and destroyed much of the city's core, reducing neighborhoods of wood and brick to rubble. Genthe's pictures from this period are prized for capturing streets and people during the disaster, though the caption information for this print is old and has not been independently verified.
| Created / published | 1906 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by Arnold Genthe. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 860 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-107648 |
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