San Francisco Earthquake Photograph Collection
Scope and Contents
The San Francisco Earthquake Photograph Collection consists of 28 (5 x 7 in.) photographs of the structural damage caused by the earthquake and fire that hit San Francisco and the Northern California coast on April 18, 1906. Many of the pictures are of San Francisco’s landmark buildings and sites such as City Hall, the Palace Hotel, and Union Square. Also included are images of relief efforts and refugee camps that were constructed in the aftermath of the disaster. Views of important street intersections and thoroughfares such as Pine St. show the extent of the area’s devastation.
Dates
- Creation: 1906
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Special Collections & Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files from or derived from these collections is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Extent
1 Box (0.9 linear feet)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The San Francisco Earthquake Photograph Collection is made up of 28 photographs of the structural damage caused by the earthquake and fire that hit San Francisco and the Northern California coast on April 18, 1906. Many of the pictures are of San Francisco’s landmark buildings and sites such as City Hall, the Palace Hotel, and Union Square. Also included are images of relief efforts and refugee camps that were constructed in the aftermath of the disaster. Views of important street intersections and thoroughfares such as Pine St. show the extent of the area’s devastation.
Arrangement
The collection is organized numerically as assigned by donor.
Topical
- Buildings -- Earthquake effects -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
- Cliff House (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Photographs
- Fires -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
- Ruins -- California -- San Francisco -- 1900-1910.
- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 -- Market Street
- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 -- Photographs -- Nob Hill
- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 -- Photographs -- Post Street
- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 -- Refugee camps
- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906.
- Streets -- San Francisco -- Photographs
- Title
- Guide to the San Francisco Earthquake Photograph Collection, 1906
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Natalie Sanchez
- Date
- April 21, 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the SJSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
One Washington Square
San José, CA 95192-0028
(408) 808-2062
(408) 808-2063 (Fax)
special.collections@sjsu.edu