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:
Handwritten on the back, "Looking down Market Street toward Ferry Bldg, tower is old Call Bldg, now Spreckels Bldg--S.F. quake 1906." Clipping on the back, "At first the people crowded to Market Street to watch the fire; soon they were driven to the open spaces of the city." Photo is taken looking up Market toward a burning building. People standing around in the middle of the street watching the fire.
Concepts:
crowd; building; woman; group; exterior; fire; ruin; man; 1906 Earthquake and Fire
Places:
Market Street, San Francisco
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