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Album caption and index card: California earthquake. East side of Howard Street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth Streets, San Francisco. House shifted to the left on its foundation 25 inches. San Francisco County, California. 1906.
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Earthquake fault trace, between Shafter and Skinner ranches, Olema. Looking northwest. There has been a relative displacement of the ground at right and left of the trace amounting to about 15 feet. The ground at left moved from the observer and ground at right moved toward the observer. Marin County, California. 1906. San Francisco Earthquake April 18, 1906. Point Reyes National Seashore.
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Album caption: Flow failure down a hillside slope on the Nunez Ranch 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Half Moon Bay. Note the man standing at the base of the deposited debris and a second man standing on the lower edge of the cavity at the top of the slide. Additional incipient flow failures with much smaller movements also occurred on the convex hill to the left of the principal landslide. Photograph previously published in Lawson and others (1908, pl. 133B) with caption "Earth-flow 4 miles east of Half Moon Bay." San Mateo County, California. 1906. Published as figure 22 in U. S. Geological Survey Professional paper 993. 1978. (Not available from U.S.G.S. Photo Library. Photograph by R. A. Anderson, J.C. Branner...
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Album caption: Cape Fortunes (False Cape) landslide, one of the largest landslides triggered by the 1906 shock. View toward toe showing extension of toe into Pacific Ocean in background. Similar photograph previously published by Lawson and others (1908, pl. 127B) with caption "Earth-slump at Cape Fortunas, Humboldt County." Humboldt County, California. 1906. Published as figure 67-B in U. S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 993. 1978. (Not available from U. S. G. S. Photo Library. Photograph by A.S. Eakle, courtesy of The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.)
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San Francisco, California, Earthquake April 18, 1906. Secondary cracks on the shore of Bolinas Lagoon. Plate 4-A, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 324; Figure 55, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 993.
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Album caption: Slump in Union Street between Pierce and Steiner Streets. Photograph previously published in Lawson and others (1908, pl. 88B) with caption "Slip of a fill.on Union Street, just west of Steiner Street, San Francisco." City and County of San Francisco, California. 1906. Published as figure 53 in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 993. 1978. (Not available from U.S.G.S. Photo Library. Photograph by H.O. Wood, courtesy of The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.)
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Album caption: Sand boil near Watsonville. Part of this photograph previously published in Lawson and others (1908, pl. 143B) with caption "Craterlets near Watsonville." Santa Cruz County, California. 1906. Published as figure 16 in U. S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 993. 1978. (Not available from U.S.G.S. Photo Library. Photograph by J. C. Branner, Courtesy of Stanford University Archives.)
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Album caption: Disruption of Van Ness Avenue over a filled-in ravine. Lateral movements as great as 3 feet (0.9m) and vertical movements as great as 2 feet (0.6m) occurred at this location. Photograph previously published by Zeigler (1906) with caption "Break in asphalt paving on Van Ness Avenue near Vallejo Street." View shows horse-drawn wagon and buggy traffic. City and County of San Francisco, California. 1906. Published as figure 52 in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 993. 1978.
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Album caption: Collapsed pilarcitos 30-inch wrought-iron pipe line, near trestle crossing the fault. The slip produced compression on the pipe line which buckled it, thereby throwing down the trestle support. The consequent parting of the pipe line suddenly released the water from the pipe, causing a vacuum which brought about the collapse. California 1906. Published as Plate 10-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 324. 1907.
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Album caption: Hillside landslide in roadcut. Photograph previously published in Lawson and others (1908, pl. 53B) with caption "Landslide from road-cliff about two miles (3.2km) west of Inverness. Slide occurred at time of earthquake." Marin County, California. 1906. Published as figure 65 in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 993. 1978. Same photo as Gilbert, G.K. 2867.
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San Francisco, California, Earthquake April 18, 1906. South on Waller Street; a small buckle of asphalt pavement. The corner house is shifted eastward with racking of the lower story. The underlying formation is sand. 1906.
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San Francisco, California, Earthquake April 18, 1906. Hillside landslide in a road cut about 2 miles west of Inverness. Figure 65, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 993.
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San Francisco, California, Earthquake April 18, 1906. Damage to Memorial Church. The church caption reads "Erected to the Glory of God and in Loving Memory of My Husband Lemand Stanford". 1906.
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Album caption: Ground cracks in the vicinity of Coyote Creek west of Milpitas. Cracks caused by slumping and lateral spreading near the creek channel. Santa Clara County, California. 1906. Published as figure 27-A in U. S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 993. 1978. (Not available from U.S.G.S. Photo Library. Photograph from J. C. Branner Collection, courtesy of Stanford University Archives.)
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Album caption: Landslide on the Hutton Ranch, east side of Garcia River Valley. Toe of landslide with transported trees is at left. Toe of slide also caused "wrinkling" of barley field in foreground. Mendocino County, California. 1906. Published as figure 66 in U. S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 993. 1978. (Not available from U.S.G.S. Photo Library. Photograph by F. E. Matthes, courtesy of The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.) Note: The Francois E. Matthes' papers and field notebooks are housed in the Brancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library/about
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Album caption: Ground failure scarp in former community called Chinatown located near south bank of the Pajaro River across from Watsonville. Santa Cruz County, California. 1906. Published as figure 13 in U. S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 993. 1978. (Not available U. S. G. S. Photo Library. Photograph courtesy of Pajaro Valley Historical Association, Watsonville.)
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Album caption: Damaged rails and pulp flume at Spreckels sugar mill as a consequence of lateral spreading during 1906 earthquake. Pulled apart rails showing 3 ft. (0.9 m) of differential lateral movement. Monterey County, California. 1906. Published as figure 7-A in U. S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 993. 1978. (Not available from U.S.G.S Photo Library, Photograph by A. C. Lawson, courtesy of The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley)


map background search result map search result map Earthquake damage to houses on east side of Howard Street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth Streets. San Francisco County, California. 1906. Earthquake fault trace, between Shafter and Skinner ranches, Olema. Marin County, California. 1906. Collapsed Pilarcitos near trestle crossing the fault. San Francisco Earthquake. California. 1906. Damaged rails and pulp flume at Spreckels sugar mill  Monterey County, California. 1906. Ground failure scarp in former community called Chinatown. Santa Cruz County, California. 1906. Sand boil near Watsonville. Santa Cruz County, California. 1906. Flow failure down a hillside slope on the Nunez Ranch, east of Half Moon Bay. San Mateo County, California. 1906. Ground cracks in the vicinity of Coyote Creek west of Milpitas. Santa Clara County, California. 1906. Disruption of Van Ness Avenue over a filled-in ravine. San Francisco, California. 1906. Slump in Union Street between Pierce and Steiner Streets. San Francisco, California. 1906 Hillside landslide in roadcut caused by the San Francisco earthquake.  Marin County, California. 1906. Landslide on the Hutton Ranch, east side of Garcia River Valley.  Mendocino County, California. 1906. Cape Fortunes (False Cape) landslide,  Humboldt County, California. 1906. Earthquake damage to houses on east side of Howard Street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth Streets. San Francisco County, California. 1906. Collapsed Pilarcitos near trestle crossing the fault. San Francisco Earthquake. California. 1906. Disruption of Van Ness Avenue over a filled-in ravine. San Francisco, California. 1906. Slump in Union Street between Pierce and Steiner Streets. San Francisco, California. 1906 Flow failure down a hillside slope on the Nunez Ranch, east of Half Moon Bay. San Mateo County, California. 1906. Earthquake fault trace, between Shafter and Skinner ranches, Olema. Marin County, California. 1906. Hillside landslide in roadcut caused by the San Francisco earthquake.  Marin County, California. 1906. Ground failure scarp in former community called Chinatown. Santa Cruz County, California. 1906. Sand boil near Watsonville. Santa Cruz County, California. 1906. Ground cracks in the vicinity of Coyote Creek west of Milpitas. Santa Clara County, California. 1906. Cape Fortunes (False Cape) landslide,  Humboldt County, California. 1906. Landslide on the Hutton Ranch, east side of Garcia River Valley.  Mendocino County, California. 1906. Damaged rails and pulp flume at Spreckels sugar mill  Monterey County, California. 1906.