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Destruction of One of the Greatest Modern Cities. Bird's-Eye View of Stricken San Francisco, Showing the Burned District, Covering Twenty-Five Square Miles, with the Most Prominent Places and Buildings Carefully Indicated.

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Title:
Destruction of One of the Greatest Modern Cities. Bird's-Eye View of Stricken San Francisco, Showing the Burned District, Covering Twenty-Five Square Miles, with the Most Prominent Places and Buildings Carefully Indicated.
Alternate Title:
Destruction of One of the Greatest Modern Cities
Collection:
Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
Creator:
Pettit, H.M.
Date:
1906
Posted Date:
2017-04-14
ID Number:
1154.01
File Name:
PJM_1154_01.jpg
Style/Period:
1900 - 1919
Subject:
Disaster/Health/Environment
Unusual Graphics/Text
Measurement:
24 x 35 (centimeters, height x width)
Notes:
This is one of the first and most widely-distributed maps of the area of San Francisco burned in the 1906 earthquake, published just two weeks after the event. It is useful to compare this straightforward map with ID #1157, Lee, "San Francisco Burned District," which is virtually identical apart from an overlay half-toned in red of the dramatic fire. The comparison illustrates how the use of color and graphics can dramatically change the impact of a map.

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Source:
"The Frightful Calamity on the Pacific Coast," Leslie's Weekly, May 3, 2006.
Repository:
Private Collection of PJ Mode
Format:
Image
Rights:
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