Name/Title
Photo of downtown San Francisco Fire, by A. Blumberg, 1906Entry/Object ID
2001.135.1Description
ACC. NO. 01.135.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: PHOTOGRAPHS, BUSINESSES
DATE OR PERIOD: 1906
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION: BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPH ON CHARCOAL GRAY MOUNTING. ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE PHOTOGRAPH IS RUBBER-STAMPED "COPYRIGHTED IN 1906 BY A. BLUMBERG, 1215 PARU STREET, ALAMEDA, CAL."
SIZE: L 5-1/2" X W 12"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A PANORAMIC VIEW OF DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO ON FIRE FOLLOWING THE 1906 EARTHQUAKE. PHOTO WAS TAKEN AND COPYRIGHTED BY A. BLUMBERG, A RESIDENT OF ALAMEDA, CALIF. AT 1612 PARU STREET. MR BLUMBERG ALSO PRODUCED AND HAD HIS OWN LINE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC POSTCARDS. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS GIVEN PRIOR TO 1971 TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND NOT CATALOGED AT THAT TIME.
DONOR: MRS. HOULDA WALKER,
CATALOGED: JULY 21, 2001
