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THB1906 San Francisco earthquake photo album
About Seller
463 East Lancaster Avenue
Downingtown, PA 19335
United States
Pook & Pook Inc. auction house was founded by Ronald and Debra Pook in 1984 out of the Pook’s thriving antique business, which they began a decade earlier. Located in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Pook & Pook, Inc.’s offices are approximately thirty-five minutes west of Philadelphia, in an old stone...Read more
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- Lot Description
1906 San Francisco earthquake photo album, containing forty-eight annotated original photographs taken just after the devastating April 18, 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco, Santa Clara, and San Jose, with images recording fire damaged buildings and some refugee camps. The 7.9 magnitude earthquake and subsequent fires destroyed over 80% of the city of San Francisco, which at the time was the largest city on the West Coast. Makeshift refugee camps located in Golden Gate Park, the Presidio, the Panhandle, and the beaches between Ingleside and North Beach operated for years after the disaster. These images show rubble along trolley lines, refugees dragging their belongings in wagons, the destroyed Vendome Hotel in San Jose, the ruins of the Pacific Manufacturing Co. in Santa Clara, refugee camps on the grounds of the gutted Agnews Asylum for the Insane, a US Army camp in Santa Clara, refugee camp No. 3 in Golden Gate Park, and more. The photos remain in their original dark blue cloth bound album, 12" x 5 1/2".
Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot.Good condition overall, about half of the photos have a loss in contrast (25/47 have fading), pages with some waviness, some with minor edge wear.Condition
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In-house shipping ("Competitive in-house shipping available," in the lot description.) We prefer not to split ship lots on one invoice between multiple shippers. In addition, we do not ship orders of more than 5 multiple item lots or 10 single item lots. Please contact Hannah Barchuk via email at shipping@pookandpook.com to give consent for Pook & Pook to ship your items. For shipment of orders not eligible for in-house shipping, the following companies have offered their services: For shipment of small to medium items, please contact one of the following 1. The Packaging Store hello@packandshipnow.com (215) 361-6940, fax: (215) 361-6941 2. Mail N More Plus mailnmoreplus@verizon.net 3. Philadelphia Mailroom phillymailroom@gmail.com (215) 745-1100 For shipment of large items (furniture, sculptures, etc.), the following companies have offered their services: 1. Craters and Freighters in Perkiomenville, PA www.cratersandfreighters.com philly@cratersandfreighters.com (610) 397-0488 2. Mt. Everest Moving Company in Ephrata, PA everestmoving.com everestmoving@gmail.com (717) 314-7647 All items must be picked up, or shipping arrangements made, within two weeks of the day of sale. NOTE: Items left here more than two weeks will incur storage fees at a rate of $5.00 per lot per day (this rate applies to all items regardless of size or value).
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