San Francisco earthquake, 1906: Curious wreck of Steiner St. Catholic Church – Antique 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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A window into the past: San Francisco earthquake, 1906: Curious wreck of Steiner St. Catholic Church, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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San Francisco earthquake, 1906: Curious wreck of Steiner St. Catholic Church
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Steiner Street's Catholic church stands here as a twisted, collapsed ruin, one of the church wrecks the stereograph's caption singles out from the wider damage. The April 18, 1906, earthquake and the fires that followed destroyed much of San Francisco, and churches were among the many buildings that lost roofs, walls and towers. The card was published by the H.C. White Co., which produced stereo views for home stereoscopes, so the twin images were meant to give a three-dimensional sense of the ruins. The catalog notes that its caption information is unverified and old, so the exact church and its condition are worth checking against other sources.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co. No. 8715. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ca.--SF--Streets; Churches--SF; Ca.--SF; Photog. Index; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 801 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-132930 |
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