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McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 021

Item

Title
McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 021
Description
Caption: "San Francisco Fire April 8 [sic], 1906." Photograph of a page from the Seattle Daily Times. The headline reads "Photographic Glimpses of the Once Proud City." Several photographs of significant buildings in San Francisco are shown (such as the City Hall), all of which are listed as having been destroyed by the earthquake and fire of April 6th.
Contributor
Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
Coverage
San Francisco, California
Date
1906
Format
JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier
96-07-08-alb05-021
Language
English
Publisher
California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Rights
© 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
Source
Image from the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
Type
Still Image