San Francisco earthquake – 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.)
Description
A window into the past: San Francisco earthquake, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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San Francisco earthquake
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Arnold Genthe, a German-born photographer who had lived in San Francisco for more than a decade, is credited with this print of the city after the 1906 earthquake. The catalog details come from an old caption card and have not been independently verified, so the exact location and timing of the view should be read with some caution. The quake struck on April 18, and the fires that followed destroyed much of the city. Genthe later became better known for his portraits, but his street scenes from that period remain widely studied records of the disaster.
| Created / published | 1906 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by Arnold Genthe. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 896 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-107656 |
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