After the Earthquake, San Francisco, 1906, Gelatin silver print, 13.3 x 23.5 cm (5 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.), Photographs, Arnold Genthe (American (born Germany), Berlin 1869–1942 New Milford, Connecticut), Early on the morning of April 18, 1906, a severe earthquake rocked San Francisco, immediately prompting a devastating three-day fire. Genthe, a pictorialist photographer who operated a portrait studio on Sutton Street, captured the panic and confusion that pervaded the city and presaged the vast damage yet to come: by the end of the third day, more than four square miles of San Francisco had been leveled
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Earthquake, San Francisco, 1906, Gelatin silver print, 13.3 x 23.5 cm, 5 1/4 9 1/4, Photographs, Arnold Genthe, American, born Germany, Berlin, 1869–1942, New Milford, Connecticut, Early, morning, April 18, severe earthquake rocked, San, Francisco, immediately prompting, devastating three-day, fire, Genthe, pictorialist photographer, operated, portrait studio, Sutton Street, captured, panic, confusion, pervaded, city, presaged, vast damage, yet, come, third day, four square, miles, leveled
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