Name/Title
Photograph Ferry Building and San Francisco on Fire, 1906Entry/Object ID
1978.16.3Description
ACC. NO. 78.16.3
SUBJECT CATEGORY: EARTHQUAKE, 1906
DATE OR PERIOD: 1906
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION: SEPIA-TINTED PHOTOGRSOH, NOT MOUNTED. SIGNED BOTTOM RIGHT, BY HAND.
SIZE: SIZE, 9¼" X 6¼"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO, WITH CITY ON FIRE BEHIND IT. COPY-RIGHTED 1906, BY C. P. MAGAGNOS, ALAMEDA, CALIF. THIS IS A FAMOUS PICTURE TAKEN DURING THE FIRE OF 1906, BY AN ALAMEDA RESIDENT, AND HAS BEEN USED MANY TIMES IN PUBLICATIONS, ETC.
THE ENTIRE COLLECTION IS FROM THE ESTATE OF MISS CHARLOTTE DEAS, AN AUNT OF THE DONOR.
ACQUIRED FROM: MRS. ROBERT A. BUXTON
DATE: DEC 9, 1978
