The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
One of the photo taken by Doc Rogers in the aftermath of the 1906 Earthquake in San Francisco. [We do not have his original negatives.] Photo shows the first newspapers coming off the presses at the Oakland Tribune reporting on the Earthquake. The headline reads "20,000 Flee Quake Ruins." A man is leaning down to pick up one of the fresh newspapers.
Concepts:
newspaper; printing press; disaster; interior; man
Organizations:
Oakland Tribune
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