357 •(SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE)
A set of 20 photographs documenting the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco and its environs.
Most credited to Shaw & Shaw, with a hand stamp noting "A Complete Set of Earthquake and Fire Views of San Francisco, Cal." Showing damaged buildings, cracked streets, spectators out to view the wrecked city, and bird's-eye views of the cityscape, as well as landmarks like the Ferry Building. Silver prints, the images measuring approximately 6¼x8¼ inches (15.9x21 cm.), and slightly smaller, and the reverse, most sheets slightly larger, most with a caption and some with the Shaw credit, in the negative, and 16 with a Shaw & Shaw hand stamp, and some with additional caption information, in pencil or ink, on verso. 1906

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