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McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 088

Item

Title
McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 088
Description
Caption: "Call Building Burning," shows the Call Building on Market and 3rd Streets on fire after the earthquake, with people and horses in the foreground. Considered one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires killed an estimated 3,000 people and destroyed over 500 city blocks, leaving approximately 200,000 residents homeless.
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-alb03-088
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 of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject
Call Building Burning, San Francisco
Type
Still Image