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1906 Disaster Pictures Available for Digital Licensing or purchase.

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81.

Title: City Hall with people in the foreground. -- The Hansen Collection -- 19060090.jpg

Owning Institution: The Museum of the City of San Francisco

Description: This photograph, perhaps more than most of the countless shots of the ruined City Hall, shows the immense size of the fallen civic structure in relation to the people before it.




82.

Title: City Hall. -- The Hansen Collection -- 19060091.jpg

Owning Institution: The Museum of the City of San Francisco

Description: Here we see the clean-up begin. The streets have been cleared and preparations are being made to haul the rubble away. HARD TO SEE DETAILS.




83.

Title: Search for lost possessions. -- The Hansen Collection -- 19060092.jpg

Owning Institution: The Museum of the City of San Francisco

Description: This photo apparently shows refugees searching among the rubble for lost possessions.




84.

Title: Refugees at Golden Gate Park. -- The Hansen Collection -- 19060093.jpg

Owning Institution: The Museum of the City of San Francisco

Description: Golden Gate Park served as the principal refuge for people fleeing the fire. Here we see them in front of the park’s administration building, apparently listening to a speech (or instructions) given by someone on its front steps.




85.

Title: Refugees lined up to get food at a hastily built soup kitchen. -- The Hansen Collection -- 19060094.jpg

Owning Institution: The Museum of the City of San Francisco

Description: Refugees lined up to get food at a hastily built soup kitchen.




86.

Title: Refugee shot. No caption yet. -- The Hansen Collection -- 19060095.jpg

Owning Institution: The Museum of the City of San Francisco

Description: Refugee shot. No caption yet.




87.

Title: A refugee family washing and scrubbing clothes. -- The Hansen Collection -- 19060096.jpg

Owning Institution: The Museum of the City of San Francisco

Description: A refugee family washing and scrubbing clothes.




88.

Title: Refugee men and boys, their attention directed at something off frame. -- The Hansen Collection -- 19060098.jpg

Owning Institution: The Museum of the City of San Francisco

Description: Refugee men and boys, their attention directed at something off frame.




89.

Title: I don’t care if it’s made, is it clean? -- The Hansen Collection -- 19060099.jpg

Owning Institution: The Museum of the City of San Francisco

Description: In this photo, sanitation inspectors are critiquing the bedding at one of the refugee camps.




90.

Title: A view of a refugee camp. -- The Hansen Collection -- 19060100.jpg

Owning Institution: The Museum of the City of San Francisco

Description: A view of a refugee camp.




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1906 Disaster Pictures Available for Licensing

To get the form to license any of these pictures click here