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
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
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