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McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 018
Parent Collection:
William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection
Date:
1906
Subject:
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
Description:
Caption: "Italian Refugee Hut S.F. -- 1906." Makeshift hut with four unidentified men standing in doorway. After the earthquake and fire that destroyed much of San Francisco in April 1906, hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless. Many of these people established temporary refugee camps, using debris from the destruction to cobble together shelters.
Identifier:
96-07-08-alb05-018
Contributor:
No data available for this field
Publisher:
California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Right:
© 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
Source:
Image from the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Format:
JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
