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Category: SAN FRANCISCO QUAKE OF 1906 (1 to 15)

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(3 views) 2 U&U: #8198 “Dwellings of the homeless, shelter built of wreckage, near ruined City Hall.” (Image accomodate ., mt Exc.) And #8199 “Some of the 200,000 made homeless by the great fire, cooking in the street.” (VG+ to Exc.) And American Stereoscopic Co. #2019 (A-91098) “The ruins of the City Hall, destroyed by Earthquake.” (VG.) MB$32. $ 41
(2 views) U&U #8269 “Looking for lost treasures in the midst of ruins, San Francisco after the great disaster.” (Two ladies in front-foregrnd.) A darkened-in flaw over the dress of one lady in left print, and a stain in sky in right print. Tones are Exc., mt Exc. And International Stereograph Co. By C Wasson #20629 “Dynamiting buildings on Market Street to check the spread of flames.” (Instantaneous view. Some soil in sky detracts, tones VG+ to Exc., mt VG+) MB$22. $ 22
(5 views) 3 U&U: #8180 “Fleeing from the ruined City, California Street from Stockton to Ferry Tower.” (Image G+, mt Exc.), #8201 “Union Street, rent by the great earthquake.” (Image VG, mt VG+) and#8205 “Hall of Justice, with tower shaken down by the great earthquake.” (Image VG, mt Exc.), Keys #13286 (Telegraph Hill looking east from Union and Leavenworth Streets, image VG to VG+, mt VG.) And HC White #8728 “Awful ruins of the magnificent City Hall.” (Image overall G+, mt VG to VG+) MB$30. $ 48
(4 views) G&G (Thomas Mfg. Co.) #74 “Sunday Morning on Jackson St.” (Image G+, mt Exc.), Berry, Kelley, Chadwick “The City Hall, shaken into ruins by the Earthquake.” (Minor soil in sky, tones VG, mt VG+) and 2 HC White; #8727 (Kamm Bldg, image VG+, mt G++) and #8729 “Valencia Street, which sunk four feet, breaking a great water main.” (VG.) MB$30. $ 30
(2 views) International Stereograph Co. (CL Wasson) #20653 “Houses wrecked by earthquake in unburned portion, Howard Street between 17th & 18th Streets.” (Minor soil in sky, several dots in sky, also several minor marks over the image, tones VG+ to Exc., mt VG+) And HC White #8707 “A fire engine caught and crushed by a falling wall, Post St.” (Tones so strong the image is a bit dark, otherwise Exc.) MB$30. $ 50
(2 views) International Stereograph Co. (CL Wasson) #20641 “Homeless Refugees tenting in Golden Gate Park.” (VG to VG+) And Tom M. Phillips (Chicago address) #54 “St. Francis Hotel.” (Prints are on a very, very slight angle, with the extreme top of left print, sky only, going a bit over the edge of the mount. Otherwise, image VG to VG+, mt G++) MB$30. $ 30
(5 views) 2 G&G “General View, Bay District Camp No.1.” (This view may be Spanish-American War related, and not a Quake view) and #5 “View on Market Street.”, American Stereoscopic Co. #2025 “Sunday Morning Service among the Refugees, Presidio.”, Keys #13289 (Refugee camp at Fort Mason) and Berry, Kelley, Chadwick “Refugee camp at Fort Mason and Alcatraz Island from Presidio.” (Images and mounts G+ TO Exc.) MB$41. $ 64
(3 views) 2 HC White; #8715 “Curious wreck of Steiner Street Catholic Church and settled houses.” (Light soil in sky, tones VG+ to Exc., mt VG+ to Exc.) And #8719 “View from the Ferry Tower showing two piers collapsed by Earthquake.” (VG+ to Exc.) And TW Ingersoll #24C “The Wreck of the Once Beautiful St. Luke’s Church on Van Ness Ave., Devastated by Earthquake and Fire.” (Serious overall soil, tones VG+ to Exc., mt G++) MB$24. $ 63
(2 views) Attributed to Gould, Pleasanton address, (Rare), tan mts; #58 “U.S. Army Pack train carrying food to Refugees.” and #59 “Looking South near foot of 9th Street.” (Negligible to very minor soil in sky, tones Exc. On both, mts VG+ to Exc.) MB$28. $ 270
(2 views) Both attributed to Gould; #7 “Looking North on 6th Street from Mission Street.” (Note the smouldering at right of image. Minor speck in sky, otherwise VG+ to Exc.) And #50 “Ruins at Broadway and Kearney Sts.” and in Period pencil on the back, “Chinatown, from Broadway & Kearney Sts.” (VG.) MB$28. $ 170
(2 views) Both attributed to Gould; #9 “City Hall from Market.” (Some marks in sky, tones VG+, mt VG+) and #12 “Looking NE from 4th & Howard Sts.” (Couple very minor specks in sky, otherwise VG to VG+) MB$25. $ 25
(2 views) Both attributed to Gould; #45 “U.S Post Office, 7th & Mission Sts, showing sinking of street.” (Some very light and somewhat large stains are invisible in the viewer, tones Exc., mt VG+) and #49 “Looking toward Ferry from near top of Telegraph Hill.” (Some marks in sky, otherwise VG.) MB$25. $ 25
(5 views) Keys #13263 (City Hall, some peripheral browning, image mostly Exc., mt Exc.), U&U #8213 (distributing clothing to refugees, image G+, mt Exc.) And 3 HC White; #8713 (Howard Street with leaning houses, image has some minor soil and stain in sky, tones VG+, mt G.), #8714 (close-up of Capp Street showing great cracks, image G++, mt VG+ to Exc.) And #8725 (St. Francis Hotel, image G++, mt G+) MB$28. (Sorry, no scan; it will be coming, soon!) $ 28
(2 Kilburn) #16851 (Union Square from Nob Hill, VG to VG+) and #16894 (overview includes Powell, Mason, Tailor, Stockton, Dupont, Kearney and Montgomery Streets, VG.) MB$20. $ 20 *
(Firemen at work) International Stereograph Co. (By CL Wasson, he made some of the best negatives of the Quake) #20632 “Brave Fire Boys battling with flames among the ruins at Mission and Spar Streets.” (Finger print in lower foregnd right print, and minor stain in sky, tones Exc., mt VG.) MB$18. $ 27
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