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Exploded gas tanks, U.S. Mint, Emporium and Spreckels Bld'g

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Channel: Library of Congress · 2010 · Film & Animation

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SUMMARY
This film is a spectacular pan of the downtown area of San Francisco as seen from south of Market Street. The location among low ruins was ideal to view the tall ruined buildings along and north of Market Street. Since the facade of St. Patrick's Church is not visible in the pan, the film is probably later than May 9, the date the facade was demolished. The camera, placed on the east side of 4th Street near Natoma Street, one and two-thirds blocks south of Market Street, pans a full 240 degrees, from southwest to southeast.

OTHER TITLES
Exploded gas tanks, U.S. Mint, Emporium and Spreckels Building

CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1906.

NOTES
Location: downtown San Francisco, California.

SUBJECTS
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906.
Earthquakes--California--San Francisco.
Fires--California--San Francisco.
Buildings--Earthquake effects--California--San Francisco.
Historic sites--Earthquake effects--California--San Francisco.
Pedestrians--California--San Francisco.
San Francisco (Calif.)--History.
Hotels--Earthquake effects--California--San Francisco.
Hotel St. Francis (San Francisco, Calif.)--History.
Fairmont Hotel (San Francisco, Calif.)--History.
Storage tanks--Earthquake effects--California--San Francisco.
Actualities (Motion pictures)
Short films.
Silent films.
Nonfiction films.

RELATED NAMES
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)

DIGITAL ID
lcmp003 m3b15517 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp003.m3b15517

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