Photo by Arnold Genthe of San Francisco Chinatown: Chinaman overlooking earthquake ruins, 1906 – Vintage Wall Art
(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 rare historic photograph captures Photo by Arnold Genthe of San Francisco Chinatown: Chinaman overlooking earthquake ruins, 1906 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Photo by Arnold Genthe of San Francisco Chinatown: Chinaman overlooking earthquake ruins, 1906
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A lone figure stands above the rubble in this view of San Francisco's Chinatown, one of the many scenes the 1906 earthquake and fire left across the city. The photograph is by Arnold Genthe, a German-born photographer who worked in San Francisco and became known for his pictures of Chinatown's streets and residents. The caption card uses an outdated term for the man, a reminder of how people in the picture were often labeled at the time. The earthquake struck on April 18, 1906, and the fires that followed destroyed much of the city's central districts, including parts of Chinatown.
| Created / published | 1906 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photo by Arnold Genthe. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ca.--SF--Earthquake; Ca.--SF--Chinatown; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 819 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-130811 |
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