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San Francisco city leaders, historians, and community members woke up early Thursday morning to commemorate 118 years since a massive earthquake and fire destroyed much of the city in 1906.
The San Francisco Morning Call building on Market Street burns from the top down, following the massive earthquake that nearly decimated the city on April 18, 1906.
All the known survivors of the 1906 Great Quake in San Francisco are dead, but their stories live on. Here are some interviews from those who can no longer tell them personally.
It is a new day, San Francisco. Literally and figuratively, according to Mayor Daniel Lurie’s 5 a.m. remarks at the 119th commemoration of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. “We’ve gone through some ...
When the 1906 earthquake struck San Francisco, amateur photographer Louis P. Selby took to the streets with his camera.
One of the last three known remaining survivors of the catastrophic 1906 earthquake in San Francisco attended a special dinner Wednesday on the eve of the 107th anniversary of the disaster.
California's rock-and-roll reputation was set more than a century ago, when a devastating earthquake flattened San Francisco in 1906. Afterward, the northern San Andreas Fault, the state's massive ...
When the Great Earthquake hit San Francisco in 1906, 3-month-old William Del Monte's family fled the city on a horse-drawn cart. Del Monte was the last known survivor of the 7.8-magnitude quake ...
Rare photos show San Francisco days before 1906 earthquake Photographer’s collection gives a glimpse of city streets just prior to infamous disaster By Adam Brinklow Dec 20, 2017, 2:31pm PST ...
Rare vernacular photo of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. Showing Market Street, looking east, with the Ferry Building in the distance.