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Auction archive: Lot number 135

San Francisco Earthquake photo album

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$2,040
Auction archive: Lot number 135

San Francisco Earthquake photo album

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$2,040
Beschreibung:

Title: San Francisco Earthquake photo album Author: (Photography) Place: No place Publisher: Date: No date Description: Leather photo album with 71 mounted silver print photographs of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Photos mostly 4½x6½ and mounted 2 or 3 to both sides of each 12x10 album page. Tissue guards between pages. 7½x9¾ photo mounted to inside of rear cover. Some photos captioned in the negative, some with captions inked in margins, many without captions. Photographers include J.B. Moller, Pillsbury Picture Co., and C.P. Magagnos. Very interesting and unusual collection of earthquake photos with many candid images of people engaged in the normalization of life during crisis; eating, waiting in lines, socializing - all against a backdrop of ruin, as well as the familiar gripping scenes of damage and destruction. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers detached and spine portion missing,1 photo quite faded, another with crease to corner, else all very good with almost no silvering or fading Item number: 169503

Auction archive: Lot number 135
Auction:
Datum:
23 Mar 2006
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: San Francisco Earthquake photo album Author: (Photography) Place: No place Publisher: Date: No date Description: Leather photo album with 71 mounted silver print photographs of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Photos mostly 4½x6½ and mounted 2 or 3 to both sides of each 12x10 album page. Tissue guards between pages. 7½x9¾ photo mounted to inside of rear cover. Some photos captioned in the negative, some with captions inked in margins, many without captions. Photographers include J.B. Moller, Pillsbury Picture Co., and C.P. Magagnos. Very interesting and unusual collection of earthquake photos with many candid images of people engaged in the normalization of life during crisis; eating, waiting in lines, socializing - all against a backdrop of ruin, as well as the familiar gripping scenes of damage and destruction. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers detached and spine portion missing,1 photo quite faded, another with crease to corner, else all very good with almost no silvering or fading Item number: 169503

Auction archive: Lot number 135
Auction:
Datum:
23 Mar 2006
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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