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Ideal Picture and Map of San Francisco California

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Title:
Ideal Picture and Map of San Francisco California
Alternate Title:
Ideal Picture and Map of San Francisco
Collection:
Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
Creator:
Davies, A.H.M.
Date:
1906
Posted Date:
2017-04-14
ID Number:
1155.01
Collection Number:
8548
File Name:
PJM_1155_01.jpg
Style/Period:
1900 - 1919
Subject:
Disaster/Health/Environment
Pictorial
Unusual Graphics/Text
Measurement:
9 x 12.5 (centimeters, height x width)
Notes:
A postcard looking to the recovery of San Francisco from the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire. "Heavy lines show extent of the burned district. Area about four square miles. Property loss $300,000,000" (about 8 billion current dollars). The sad face of a woman looks east from the waterfront, where there is a "line of wharves untouched." Views across the top show the "Golden Gate at Sunset" in the west and "Sunrise" in the east. An unknown poem or hymn completes the picture: "Oh lift thine eyes my Loved One/And lean upon His breast/Trusting Him supremely/Who doeth all things best."

See also ID #1157, "San Francisco Burned District," 1906.

For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact
Cite As:
P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Archival Collection:
P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
Format:
Image
Rights:
For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.

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