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Caption: "After the Fire," shows the remains of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fires. 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
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Caption: "Street Scene, Raleigh, North Carolina, July 19, 1934." Busy street in Raleigh, lined with parked cars. The dome and columned entryway of North Carolina's Capitol can be seen in the distance.
Date: 7/19/1934
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Caption: "Santa Fe Depot, Stockton," c. 1906. The Santa Fe Depot (William Benson Storey, architect) was completed in 1899 for the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, the depot was renovated and restored it to its original design, and reopened in 2005.
Date: 1906
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No Caption: A front page Seattle Daily Times article and photographs reporting on the April 18, 1906 San Francisco earthquake, with the headline: "City Wiped Out! Fire Still Raging!" April 20, 1906.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Sacramento Causeway," c. 1916, shows Grace McCarthy at the wheel of an automobile, and William in the passenger seat, on the newly constructed Yolo Causeway, between Sacramento and Davis, California.
Date: 1916
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Caption: "'THE DAUNTLESS' in PUGET SOUND.," c. 1908-1912. View of the Dauntless, a steamship built in 1899. This ship spent most of its career traveling Puget Sound between Port Townsend and Irondale. She was destroyed in a storm in 1923.
Date: 1908