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  McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 169

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  Caption: "Market Street, Flood Building Unhurt, Emporium Damaged." Considered one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires killed an estimated 3,000 people and destroyed over 500 city blocks, leaving approximately 200,000 residents homeless.

  Date: 1906