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["The burned tree"], 1906 April

 Item — Box: 1, Box: 1
Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 36
Image of ["The burned Tree"]
Image of ["The burned Tree"]

Scope and Contents

This view shows San Francisco after the earthquake and fire from the vantage of Nob Hill looking southwest. In the distance and at the extreme right is the Hall of Records. A bare, scalded tree trunk and bush are in the foreground amongst bricks and rubble with damaged buildings in the background. On the left of the foreground is an open area with rubble spilling out of it.

Dates

  • 1906 April

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research. Proofs of the negatives and original photographs are kept in cold storage and access requires 24 hours advance notice.

Gelatin dry plate negatives are restricted.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from the Edith Irvine Photograph Collection must be obtained from the Reference Supervisor, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, and the L. Tom Perry Board of Curators.

Extent

1 photograph : glass photonegative ; 13 x 18 cm

Language of Materials

English

Other Finding Aids

Item-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSSP585.xml

Existence and Location of Copies

Proofs of some photographs held in repository (Box 6 and 7).

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

Contact:
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States