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San Francisco 1906 fire 02 DA-SN-03-00958

The burning of San Francisco. Reproduced from the only photograph that shows the entire scope and extent of this awful conflagration the worst in the history of the world. Fire line over three miles long, property loss three hundred million dollars. On April 18, 1906 at 5:15 AM a quake of 8.25 on the Richter scale hit San Francisco. Greater destruction came from the fires afterwards. The city burned for three days. The combination destroyed 490 city blocks and 25,000 buildings, leaving 250,000 homeless and killing between 450 and 700. Estimated damages, over $350 million. DA-SN-03-00958

Date
1906-04-18
Photographer / author
Harry Sterling Hooper ( Email Us: dvicustomerservice@defense.gov )
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
photograph
Original size
3,000 × 787 pixels

Public domain

Reason: public domain: US.

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"San Francisco 1906 fire 02 DA-SN-03-00958" (1906-04-18). Harry Sterling Hooper ( Email Us: dvicustomerservice@defense.gov ), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Francisco_1906_fire_02_DA-SN-03-00958.JPEG

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