Item # 177390
May 12, 1906
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 12, 1906 There is a front page photo "The Flight From the Burning City--San Francisco's Refugees Hastening to the Oakland Ferry"; articles such as "San Francisco's Tragic Dawn" by Gertrude Atherton and "A Stricken City's Days of Terror" by James Hopper. There are also many photos of the disaster such as "The Ashen Ruins of Two of San Francisco's Most Noted Mansions"; "In the Financial District at California and Sansome Streets--The Ruins of San Francisco's Great Banking Institutions Guarded by a Military Patrol"; "Baking Food for the Homeless in an Undestroyed Oven Discovered in the Ruins"; "The Silence and Devastation of the Shattered City" and much more. Also, there is a photo of "Honoring the Memory of Paul Jones at Annapolis" and other advertisements of the day. See photos for full details.
Category: Harper's Weekly
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