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Howard near 4th May 1906

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest across Howard to Ocean Shore Railway cars and horses moving rubble after the 1906 earthquake on temporary tracks. In background, from left, Fairmont Hotel, Whittell Building under construction, Shreve Building, ruins of Jessie Street Powerhouse and smokestack, steel structure of Kamm Building during reconstruction, Call Building, Chronicle Building Annex, west side of Aronson Building.
Photographer Unknown (Marilyn Blaisdell Collection / Courtesy of a Private Collector)

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