Object number:
2005.52.104H
Object name:
photograph; photograph album
Title:
Oakland April 18, 1906
Maker:
Ernest Michael Blaess
Date made:
1906
Material/Technique:
Monochrome print, leather, paper, and string
Dimensions:
W: 15.5 in, D: 0.5 in
Credit line:
Gift of Patricia Brenzel Vercelli
Copyright status:
Copyright Undetermined
Physical description:
Black and white photograph in a photograph album.
Content description:
Image 2005.52.104H shows the damage done to a building on the NW corner of 10th and Clay St., and seven workers sifting through a large pile of bricks in front of the building. There is scaffolding along the damaged area, and a man with a wheelbarrow.
Concepts:
1906 Earthquake and Fire; ruins; worker; rebuilding
Places:
Oakland
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