He sold prints of his San Francisco shot for $125 a piece (more than $3,000 today), and eventually made almost half a million dollars, in today’s money, from the image.

On April 18, 1906, a violent 7.8 magnitude earthquake leveled the city of San Francisco.; Nearly 3,000 people died from the quake and subsequent fires that spread through the urban sprawl.

As the camera — which has been attached to the front of a streetcar and shakes with every jostle of the vehicle — records a journey east on Market Street, ... principally in city coroner's records ...

Extra: The 1906 earthquake strikes 01:14. You're about to see a remarkable footnote to history: a film made more than a hundred years ago on Market Street, San Francisco's main thoroughfare.

Ansel Adams, age 4, survived the deadly 1906 San Francisco earthquake, but was tossed face-first into a garden wall, giving him what his friend Cedric Wright would call an "earthquake nose." ...

Unearthed photos show 1906 San Francisco earthquake devastation up close By Andrew Chamings , Editor-at-Large Aug 8, 2023 Tents on East Street, now the Embarcadero, provided temporary shelter for ...

Shortly after the Great Earthquake rocked San Francisco 109 years ago, John Henry Mentz grabbed his camera and set out amid the destruction. Working as a staff photographer for United Railroads ...

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 ...

Three weeks later, George Lawrence shot his famous "San Francisco in Ruins" with a 49-pound camera flying about 2,000 feet above the bay with 17 Conyne kites strung together with piano wire cable.

The rare footage of San Francisco following the 1906 earthquake will end up in the Library of Congress. First, it's premiering at the Edison Theater at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum.

San Francisco on film: Days before the 1906 quake This 11-minute reel of film, shot from a cable car on Market Street, captures a vibrant city just days before its destruction.