A rare set of photographs taken in the immediate aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake are set for auction today in California.
San Franciscans walk among the rubble on Montgomery Street looking north from Market Street.
The set of 20 photos printed on sensitized stiff paper leaves in a letterbox aspect ratio are set to be auctioned today by PBA Galleries.California Street looking West from Drumm Street.In the early hours of April 18, 1906, a 7.9 magnitude quake struck the Californian coast, and the shock, along with subsequent fires destroyed 80 percent of the city and killed more than 3,000 people.
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