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1906 San Francisco Earthquake

1906 San Francisco Earthquake

by Richard Hansen

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appears in About San Francisco.

The Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906 is an unparalleled disaster in the history of San Francisco. More than 4.5 square miles of San Francisco burned and crumbled into a windswept desert of desolation. We will see this scene from behind the camera, covering before the earthquake through the fire and into the rebuilding of the city. The waterfront i...

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