Text Appearing Before Image: A VIEW OF THE GREAT CITY HALL OF SAN FRANilSCO, WHICH COLLAPSED IN THE EARTHgUAKE. IT IS SAID TO HAVE COST S7,(K)n,(IOO. CALIFORNIA S CATASTROPHE. 543 Text Appearing After Image: THE FAMOUS CLIFF HOUSE, ON SUTRO HEIGHTS, SAN FRANCISCO, WHICH WAS REPORTED TO HAVE ENTIRELY DISAPPEARED IN THE CONVULSION CAUSED BY THE EARTHQUAKE. prosperous period of all its history. Of its fourhundred thousand people, it was estimated onthe day following the earthquake that fully one-fourth were driven from their homes. Manythousands escaped across the bay to (J)akland,Berkeley, and the adjoining districts. Otherthousands were sheltered in tents in the greatGolden Gate Park, by virtue of prompt actionon the part of the military forces of the UnitedStates stationed at the Presidio, under the com-mand of General Funston. San Francisco will not have lost courage, andthe city will rise from its ashes better appointedand finer than ever. Chicago, Boston, andBaltimore have shown how speedily and withwhat vmdaunted energy American cities restorethemselves after great fires. But although SanFrancisco will not remain in ruins, there mustbe great mourning and widespread sympathyfor an app
Note About Images
Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.
Volume
InfoField
33
Flickr tags
InfoField
bookid:reviewofreviewsw33newy
bookyear:1890
bookdecade:1890
bookcentury:1800
bookpublisher:New_York_Review_of_Reviews_Corp
bookcontributor:Robarts___University_of_Toronto
booksponsor:University_of_Toronto
bookleafnumber:556
bookcollection:robarts
bookcollection:toronto
Flickr posted date
InfoField
30 July 2014
Licensing
This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as:
The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;
The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or
The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.
Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
No known copyright restrictionsNo restrictionshttps://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/false