[San Francisco earthquake: Burning a dead man on wood pyre] – Antique Print
![[San Francisco earthquake: Burning a dead man on wood pyre], 1906 — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d5/d530f5e6b169-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with [San Francisco earthquake: Burning a dead man on wood pyre], a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[San Francisco earthquake: Burning a dead man on wood pyre]
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Few images from the 1906 disaster show the handling of the dead as directly as this stereograph, which pairs a body with an open wood pyre. The earthquake of April 18, 1906, and the fires that followed destroyed much of San Francisco, and officials faced the urgent problem of disposing of many victims in a city with disrupted services and broken water mains. The caption card's tracings point to cremation and sanitation, which reflects the public health concerns of the time. Underwood & Underwood sold stereo views widely, so the card also shows how the disaster was packaged for an American audience eager to see the damage. The record's details are unverified, so viewers should treat the specific circumstances with some caution.
| Created / published | 1906 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | Stereograph by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Cremation; Sanitation. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 960 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148607 |
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