The burning of San Francisco – Historic 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.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of The burning of San Francisco. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The burning of San Francisco
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Fire, more than the earthquake itself, destroyed much of San Francisco after the shaking stopped on the morning of April 18, 1906, and this view shows that smoke-filled aftermath. Broken gas mains and overturned stoves started blazes that spread for several days through neighborhoods of wood-frame houses, while water pressure failed and firefighters had little to work with. The image was copyrighted by the Pillsbury Picture Co. and carries the number 112, part of the commercial photographic views that circulated widely after the disaster. The record is thin, so the exact vantage point and date are uncertain.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photo copyrighted by Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 112. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ca.--SF--Earthquake; Fires; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 892 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-140060 |
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