Glimpses of the San Francisco Disaster include original photographs of the Great California Earthquake and Fire or 1906. "Original photographs of the world's greatest conflagration, portraying the awful convulsion of nature, which spread consternation and death along the golden sands of the land of promise. Startling, Realistic Views of the Terrible Castastrophe. Charasteristic pictures of the horrible storm of fire and flame - fleeing refugees - falling skyscrapers - government troops -dynamiting squads at work - improvised homes in the streets and parks, and many other fascinating scenes authentically reproduced, including Napa, San Jose, Santa rose, Palo Alto and the destruction of the Leland Stanford, Jr. University."
100/softbound/Photographs
Booklet - Front page soiled - No cover - 7 1/2 x 5 1/2.
Collection
Morris Hirsch
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LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Earthquakes, Travel
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Earthquake - San Francisco, San Francisco - Earthquake, San Francisco, United States