1868 Earthquake

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The tremor which had the title of "the Big One" before the disaster of April 18, 1906.

Market & Bush
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Market & Bush

Elevated view north to October 21, 1868 earthquake damaged Coffey-Risdon Bldg.; northwest corner Bush & Market. Horse trough, ruins. [Effects of the Earthquake, Oct 21 1868, Market and First [Sic] Streets. 984].

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Clay near Battery
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Clay near Battery

October 21, 1868 Earthquake damage. Rail Road House at 316-320 Commercial Street (with entry on Clay), and S. P. Taylor & Co. (paper) between Front and Battery. Two men look out of window at right. Facade braced with long wooden beams.

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Clay near Battery
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Clay near Battery

October 21, 1868 earthquake damage to A.S. Rosenbaum Tobacco & Cigar Warehouse on 300 block of Clay Street, long wooden beams shoring up facade. [Photographed by Oscar Foss, 606 Kearny St., S.F.]

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California near Battery
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California near Battery

Elevated view north across California to damaged buildings: 'Carriage Depository', 'S. Reinstein Pioneer Clothing Factory' at 314 California Street, A. Jacobs & Co. 312 California, California Powder Works 318 California.

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Bush & Market
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Bush & Market

Earthquake Damage to Coffey-Risdon Bldg.; northwest corner Bush & Market.

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Sacramento & Battery
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Sacramento & Battery

View east to northeast corner. Damage being repaired after the October 1868 earthquake. M. Esberg & Co. Shirt Factory, 300-302 Battery. Same image, different cropping from wnp71.0843. Muybridge 445 'Battery Cor. of Sacramento St. after Earthquake October 21, 1868.'

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1868 Earthquake
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1868 Earthquake

[Risnon? Building 1868. West of Front on Mkt] Earthquake damage to Coffey-Risdon Bldg.; northwest corner Bush & Market.Published by Oscar Foss. See cropped duplicates wnp37.01595 and 37.00891.

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San Leandro
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San Leandro

[#209 T.E. Hecht 2321 Cal. St. Earthquake 1868] Children and women posing in front of earthquake damaged two story brick building with well beside. View of Estudillo residence in San Leandro after October 21, 1868 earthquake.

Outside SF
Front & Clay
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Front & Clay

[Crane & Brigham Druggists, SE corner of Front & Clay Sts, 1868, TEH763] Earthquake damage to storefronts following earthquake October 21, 1868. [G57 SOF-001] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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Clay near Battery
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Clay near Battery

Elevated view of Rail Road House (at 316-320 Commercial, but entry also on Clay), S. P. Taylor & Co. (paper) and six other buildings on the south side of Clay between Front and Battery after earthquake. Rubble, shoring up of facades. [TEH209 Clay St. earthquake Oct. 21 1868] [G57 SSS-010] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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Sacramento & Battery
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Sacramento & Battery

View east across Battery St. to M. Esberg & Co. Shirt Factory at 300-302 Battery. Damage from earthquake with buildings shored up. Muybridge 445 'Battery Cor. of Sacramento St. after Earthquake October 21, 1868'.[TEH434 Front (sic) & Sacramento Sts 1868] Same image, different cropping from wnp37.01346. [G57 SSS-015] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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