San Francisco (View along O’Farrell St. looking southeast toward Market St.) after the 1906 earthquake – W E Worden via Calisophere archives
Toronto. Do you remember 1906 and the massive earthquake that hit San Francisco? As I have often said, photography brings events and history to life down through the ages.
There is a fault line that runs all the way to the Queen Charolette islands and further. When I visited the indians over two decades ago, I watched seismographs in the local city area stutter and stagger as small shifts in the earth’s plates occurred. And as you can see here, earthquakes are not just a California phenomenon!
Here we can see the terrible effect of mother nature over a century ago. The Huntington Library On the University of California’s Calisphere has an online archive with photos taken after the earthquake.
Have a browse at Calisphere and see the devastation as recorded in 1906 by …. photography! Please note that both the site and this photograph are courtesy of my very good friend, George Dunbar. Mr Dunbar discovered the link and photo while researching photo history. Like me, George is a member of the PHSC.
