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- Newspaper Square Showing the Hearst Building after the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 - On April 18, 1906, San Francisco and the northern California coast were hit by a major earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.9. Following the earthquake, ruptured gas lines fed fires that destroyed some 25,000 buildings in the city. More than 3,000 people were killed and San Francisco was devastated. This lantern slide documents some of the damage.
- 1906
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Newspaper Square Showing the Hearst Building after the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906
On April 18, 1906, San Francisco and the northern California coast were hit by a major earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.9. Following the earthquake, ruptured gas lines fed fires that destroyed some 25,000 buildings in the city. More than 3,000 people were killed and San Francisco was devastated. This lantern slide documents some of the damage.
- The Hearst Building, San Francisco, California, circa 1905 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including this image of San Francisco's Hearst Building. Before a fire following the city's 1906 earthquake destroyed the building, it was the home of William Randolph Hearst's newspaper, the <EM>San Francisco Examiner</EM>.
- circa 1905
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The Hearst Building, San Francisco, California, circa 1905
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including this image of San Francisco's Hearst Building. Before a fire following the city's 1906 earthquake destroyed the building, it was the home of William Randolph Hearst's newspaper, the San Francisco Examiner.