1906 San Francisco Quake Fire Nob Hill Van Ness After ORIGINAL HISTORIC IMAGE ENGRAVE6 "This Obelisk Marked the Center

"This Obelisk Marked the Center of the Hippodrome" This is an original 1922 black and white halftone print of a 61 foot high Egyptian obelisk made of rose granite

flows the flour that National Biscuit has ground out of wheat at its own mill in Toledo

This is an original 1932 black and white relief line-block print of a humorous piece by Phil May entitled A Sunday Dinner"

of Altrincham

1906 San Francisco Quake Fire Nob Hill Van Ness After ORIGINAL HISTORIC IMAGE ENGRAVE6 "This Obelisk Marked the Center"Nob Hill from St. Mary's Cathedral after the Fire. Van Ness Avenue bread line in the foreground." Period Paper has obtained a scarce collection of original images from the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. On April 18, 1906, shortly after 5: 00 a. m. an earthquake, measuring 7. 8 on the Richter Scale, struck San Francisco and the outlying area. The damage from the quake was magnified by the subsequent fires which broke out and burned wildly for days.