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Title:

Among the ruins : Arnold Genthe's photographs of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and firestorm / edited by Karin Breuer.

Publisher:

Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

227 pages : illustrations, map ; 28 cm

Subject:

Genthe, Arnold,--1869-1942.
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906.
Earthquakes--San Francisco--San Francisco--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
Fires--San Francisco--San Francisco--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
Photography of flags.
Photography of fires.

Other Authors:

Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942. Works. Selections.
Breuer, Karin, editor.
Campbell, Thomas P. (Thomas Patrick), 1962- writer of foreword.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Plates. Richard Misrach -- Essays. Bearing witness, then and now / Carolin Görgen -- Retracing Genthe's journey step-by-step / James A. Ganz -- An African American presence revealed in Arnold Genthe's 1906 earthquake and fire photographs / Rodger C. Birt -- Freezing fire : Arnold Genthe and his camera / Victoria Binder -- :Get out with your 'Picture box'"" : photographers and the "San Francisco Horror" / Colleen Terry -- Bearing witness, then and now / Richard Misrach -- Plates.

Summary:

When disaster struck San Francisco on April 18, 1906, photographer Arnold Genthe grabbed a pocket camera and ventured out to document the destruction. Now, over a century later, the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts presents the definitive collection of Genthe's historic photographs.

ISBN:

1951836154
9781951836153

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1268130936

LCCN:

2021935642

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)