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1906 Earthquake: San Francisc Great Disaster

Sandor Demlinger
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      On April 17, 1906, San Francisco was a dense city bustling with people, and thriving businesses. On April 18, it was in ruins, the victim of a terrifying earthquake and dreadful fire. Over 170 vintage, photographs, some never published before delve into the first earthquake ever photographed. Images include photographs of various buildings and neighborhoods in the city before the earthquake and the fire, photographs of the fire as it burns through Front and Market Streets, the ruins and those left to cope with them in the aftermath and the efforts to rebuild the city. The text inside the book explores the tragic decisions made by the city's leaders that contributed to the horrifying devestation. Historians, collectors of vintage photographs, and anyone interested in California history will surely want this book.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Sandor Demlinger EAN: 9780764324048 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Schiffer Publishing Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2006-04-21 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY), NATURE / Earthquakes & Volcanoes, NATURE / Natural Disasters WIDTH: 279 cm SPINE:

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      California, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1900 to c 1909, Photojournalism and documentary photography, History of the Americas

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      Sandor Demlinger has been a photographer for his entire life and at the age of seventy-six he is still taking photographs, as well as collecting the images of those who went before. He lives in southern California
      On April 17, 1906, San Francisco was a dense city bustling with people, and thriving businesses. On April 18, it was in ruins, the victim of a terrifying earthquake and dreadful fire. Over 170 vintage, photographs, some never published before delve into the first earthquake ever photographed. Images include photographs of various buildings and neighborhoods in the city before the earthquake and the fire, photographs of the fire as it burns through Front and Market Streets, the ruins and those left to cope with them in the aftermath and the efforts to rebuild the city. The text inside the book explores the tragic decisions made by the city's leaders that contributed to the horrifying devestation. Historians, collectors of vintage photographs, and anyone interested in California history will surely want this book.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Sandor Demlinger EAN: 9780764324048 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Schiffer Publishing Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2006-04-21 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY), NATURE / Earthquakes & Volcanoes, NATURE / Natural Disasters WIDTH: 279 cm SPINE:

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      California, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1900 to c 1909, Photojournalism and documentary photography, History of the Americas

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      Sandor Demlinger has been a photographer for his entire life and at the age of seventy-six he is still taking photographs, as well as collecting the images of those who went before. He lives in southern California

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