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IMAGO International History, Arnold Genthe Archive, USA, San Francisco earthquake 1906

Mar 11, 2026

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  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe. Copyright:x HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2957303 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe. Copyright:x HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2957298 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe. Copyright:x HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2957255 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe. Copyright:x HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2957248 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe. Copyright:x HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2957245 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Steps that lead to nowhere (after the fire), 1906 Apr. Creator: Arnold Genthe. Copyright:x HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2957166 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906, 1906 Apr. Creator: Arnold Genthe. Copyright:x HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2957095 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906, 1906 Apr. Creator: Arnold Genthe. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2955772 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED San Francisco, April 18, 1906, 1906 Apr. 18. Creator: Arnold Genthe. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2955465 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED San Francisco, April 18, 1906, 1906 Apr. 18. Creator: Arnold Genthe. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2955464 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED San Francisco, April 18, 1906, 1906 Apr. 18. Creator: Arnold Genthe. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2955463 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Charred corpse of a victim of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, 1906 Apr. Creator: Arnold Genthe. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2955288 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED On the ruins (April 1906), Chinatown, San Francisco, 1906 Apr. Creator: Arnold Genthe. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2955287 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED After the fire, 1906 (the Fairmount Hotel in the distance), Chinatown, San Francisco, 1906 Apr. Creator: Arnold Genthe. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2955286 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Bernhardt, Sarah, in carriage in San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906, 1906 Apr. Creator: Arnold Genthe. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2953137 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED San Francisco Earthquake, April 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2847989 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • San Francisco Earthquake Made 1906 United States. Gelatin silver print . Arnold Genthe Copyright: xpiemagsx ChArt060421-31526 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Ruins after Earthquake, San Francisco, California, USA, Arnold Genthe, April 1906 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa10715
  • The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake that struck San Francisco and the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906.<br ><br > The most widely accepted estimate for the magnitude of the earthquake is a moment magnitude (Mw) of 7.9; however, other values have been proposed, from 7.7 to as high as 8.25. The main shock epicenter occurred offshore about 2 miles (3.2 km) from the city, near Mussel Rock. It ruptured along the San Andreas Fault both northward and southward for a total of 296 miles (476 km). Shaking was felt from Oregon to Los Angeles, and inland as far as central Nevada.The earthquake and resulting fire are remembered as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the Unit xSupplier:xCPAxMediaxCo.xLtd.x Copyright: xArnoldxGenthex
  • After the Earthquake, San Francisco, 1906, Gelatin silver print, 13.3 x 23.5 cm (5 1 4 x 9 1 4 in.), Photographs, Arnold Genthe (American (born Germany), Berlin 1869–1942 New Milford, Connecticut), Early on the morning of April 18, 1906, a severe earthquake rocked San Francisco, immediately prompting a devastating three-day fire. Genthe, a pictorialist photographer who operated a portrait studio on Sutton Street, captured the panic and confusion that pervaded the city and presaged the vast damage yet to come: by the end of the third day, more than four square miles of San Francisco had been leveled Copyright: Artokoloro AM170720_099668
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