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  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 214
    McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 214

    Caption: "Powell Street Power House Ruins," shows a view of the Powell Street power house in complete disarray after the 1906 earthquake.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 018
    McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 018

    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.

    Date: 1906