Photograph
The burnt district, from kites
San Francisco · 28 May 1906
What the picture shows
A field of destroyed blocks. The waterfront is in the near ground. Streets run through the ruins.
Documented context
Six weeks after 18 April 1906. An aerial photograph of the burnt district, not a drawing of the disaster.
- Photographer
- George R. Lawrence Co.
- Source
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs, LC-DIG-ppmsca-07823. Camera suspended from kites. The same file is on the Views shelf.
- License
- Public domain.
SCARCE connections
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