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Union Square 1906

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to ruins on Post Street [8197-Homeless among the ruins of former wealth - crude shelters in Union Square, San Francisco, Cal. Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood] Old man in rocking chair, park green and tents, building ruins behind.
Underwood & Underwood (Marilyn Blaisdell Collection / Courtesy of a Private Collector)

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