San Francisco Earthquake 1906 Photo Album Buildings, Fire National Guard For Sale

DETAILS:Antique leather bound photo album depicting San Francisco shortly after the 1906 earthquake.There are 116 photographs in the album and everyimage is of the earthquake. Thephotographer appears to have started taking pictures shortly after it occurred as there are photos ofthe city ablaze,with smoke rising from buildings.The distinguishing feature about this photo album is that the original photographer / compiler took the time identify practically every photograph by it's location or subject matter. The handful of photographs that do not have a captionappear to be secondary shots of a previously identifiedbut from a different location. It should be noted that the photographer did not only record the destruction. They also took photographs of the recovery effort with photos of militia and national guard troops, Everyday people going about their lives, the shantytowns and tent camps, even an ambulance horse and buggy.In short it provides an exhaustive look into the earthquake and its immediate aftermathwith important factual information of the photos. MEASUREMENTS: Album measures 8 x 10 inches with 75 double sided pages. There are 116 photographs in the album.71 of thephotographs measure approximately6.5 x 4.5, The remaining 45 photographs measure approximately 3.25 x 3.0 inches.Minor fraying to leather side binding. Otherwise a very well preserved example.NOTE: Please note that the images of the photo album and photographswere taken in a professional fluorescent light box. For this reason some of the photo details and writing are not as clear as they would be when viewed in person.

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