Genthe's negative exposed on the day the earthquake struck
1906
A negative Genthe made on 18 April 1906, the morning of the earthquake, held with the rest of his collection at the Library of Congress. It is grouped with his Chinatown and earthquake photographs. The catalogue confirms the exact date but records nothing about the subject in the frame.
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