San Francisco earthquake, 1906: City from Nob Hill – 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.)
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This historic photograph of San Francisco earthquake, 1906: City from Nob Hill brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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San Francisco earthquake, 1906: City from Nob Hill
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A stereograph card of the city as seen from Nob Hill, a neighborhood of hotels and mansions on the city's high ground, shows the aftermath of the April 18, 1906, earthquake and the fires that followed. The fires spread through much of San Francisco over the next several days, and Nob Hill's grand buildings were among those lost. Cards like this were printed as pairs, so a viewer using a stereoscope could see the scene in three dimensions. The record notes a copyright by Tom M. Phillips, but its date and details come from an old caption card and have not been verified.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo copyrighted by Tom M. Phillips. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Army, US; Photog. I.; Ca.--S- F- Earth.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 795 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-132950 |
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