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San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906 -- Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Vivian Hayes collection of Edith Irvine photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7878
Scope and Contents

Collection includes 192 copy negatives of Edith Irvine photographs of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and other parts of California, seven of which have copy prints. Also included are two Edith Irvine glass plate negatives of buildings in Mokelumne Hill, California.

Dates: approximately 1900

Natural disaster photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 693
Scope and Contents

Contains postcards and photographs of natural disasters, including the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, earthquakes in Oregon and Montana (1935), and a flood in Pittsburgh (1936). Dated approximately 1906-1936.

Dates: approximately 1906-1936

Arthur C. Pillsbury photographs and slides

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 83
Scope and Contents

Collection includes photographs, negatives, and slides of time-lapse photography, plants, landscapes, underwater explorations, and medical research. It also includes examples of microscopic photography and photographs of family and friends.

Dates: approximately 1890-1969

San Francisco earthquake

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 663
Scope and Contents

San Francisco earthquake, 1905-1907 collection contains 1 photograph of Campbell, 1 photocopy of a 32 page letter (and typescript), and Colliers magazine article about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

Dates: 1905-1907

Photographs of the San Francisco earthquake

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197218624242]
Identifier: MSS 2937
Scope and Contents

Collection contains twelve photographs of the effects of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

Dates: 1906

Wilma Marie Plunkett personal papers, approximately 1902-2008

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 653 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains personal items and papers of Wilma Marie Plunkett, such as work on her thesis, family history work, photographs, negatives, books, items and papers from her mission, correspondence, her writings, certificates and awards, personal records, photographs related to the San Francisco Earthquake in 1906, and other materials. Dated approximately 1902 to 2008.

Dates: approximately 1902-2008