Book illustration of the First Baptist Church of Oakland after the quake
1906
An illustration from James Russel Wilson's 1906 volume on the San Francisco earthquake and fire, compiled from eyewitness accounts. The caption identifies the First Baptist Church of Oakland, across the bay, and presents the damaged building as evidence of the shock's reach. The scanned copy comes from the Library of Congress.
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