- Additional Authors
- Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
- Description
- 116 stereographs (photomechanical prints) : halftone, col.; 88x177mm.
- Summary
- Views of the aftermath of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco, 1906: includes street views; views of ruptured pavement, gutted buildings, wooden homes leaning precariously, cable cars burned down to their chasis, an auto left wrecked in the middle of a street; dynamiting wrecked buildings, pulling down damaged walls and clearing rubble; people in relief camps, including some run by Jim Forrest, camps at Golden Gate and Columbia parks, and one at Ft. Mason; a relief boat loading potatoes in Oakland; a woman wearing men's clothing after losing everything; makeshift businesses, including restaurants in the street, a barber in a relief camp; people "searching for treasures" in the ruin of the Crocker home; people heading out of town with their few belongings; a man painting the ruined city hall.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Stereographs.
- Halftone photomechanical prints.
- Photoprints.
- Note
- Photographer and publisher are not identified.
- Each view includes substantial text; including commentary on the scene shown, the culture of San Francisco, response to the disaster, and notes on other disasters.
- Two sets of views, numbered 1001-1060. Second set missing 1022, 1025, 1026, 1045.
- Access (note)
- Cite As (note)
- Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
- Call Number
- MFY Dennis Coll 90-F1
- Title
Stereoscopic color halftone views of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake [graphic].
- Imprint
1906
- Restricted Access
Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at division indicated.
- Cite As:
Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Artists at work.
- Added Author
Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
- Research Call Number
MFY Dennis Coll 90-F1