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File:Sanfranciscoearthquake1906.jpg

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Street Market in San Francisco after an earthquake in 1906.

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English: San Francisco, California, United States.

Smoldering after the 1906 earthquake, called the Friscoquake.

Taken from the tower of the Union Ferry Building. Market Street between Sacramento and Third Streets.

ARC Identifier: 531006
Source Still Picture Records LICON, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park. [1]
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Camera location37° 47′ 43.56″ N, 122° 23′ 36.88″ W  Heading=225° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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