This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
San Francisco Earthquakes Through the Years
San Francisco endures a sequence of major earthquakes with the 1868 and 1900 shocks shaping building codes. The 1898 event tested tall iron frame structures as De Young and others pushed for taller towers. Fire, debris, and dynamite to halt blazes worsened devastation across Market and Mission streets and the city hall’s ruin highlighted the era’s seismic fears.
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St. Nicholas Hotel
Los Angeles