1906 San Francisco Quake in Living Color: Big Pics
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March 10, 2011 -- Taken by Frederick Eugene Ives, an innovator in the field of photography, these stereo images reveal a never-before-seen full color view of the damage following the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The snapshots were released today by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
The earthquake nearly destroyed the City by the Bay, and these photographs are thought to be one-of-a-kind.
Ives snapped the photos several months after the April 18th temblor, taking several of the pictures from the roof of his hotel while he was visiting San Francisco in October.
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The images reveal a city still very much coping with the aftermath of the disaster. The top photo is a street-level shot that shows a lone figure on the ground in the midst of buildings damaged by the quake and a resulting fire. The bottom image shows a view of the rubble from above.
According to the Smithsonian, these images may not only be the only color photographs taken of the quake damage, but also the first color images of San Francisco ever taken.
Credits: Frederick Eugene Ives/Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
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