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

[Two men cleaning street, horse-drawn wagon and damaged buildings in the background, after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake], [1906] — historic photograph
[Two men cleaning street, horse-drawn wagon and damaged buildings in the background, after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake], [1906]. Historic photograph from the Horses collection.

(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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[Two men cleaning street, horse-drawn wagon and damaged buildings in the background, after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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

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The detail that sets this print apart is its pairing of two men at street work with a horse-drawn wagon, a reminder that cleanup after the April 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire depended on animal transport as much as on manpower. Automobiles were still uncommon on city streets at the time, so wagons and teams carried debris, supplies and salvage through the wreckage for months. The damaged buildings behind the scene show how much of the city's housing and commercial stock was lost in the fires that followed the quake. The print is one of many documentary views from 1906 that record the rebuilding work and the everyday routines of a city in recovery.

Created / published[1906]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. Inscribed in lower right corner: 7. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 128.
SubjectsSan Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906. Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--1900-1910. Ruins--California--San Francisco--1900-1910. Dwellings--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 922 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-128300

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