disaster

Disaster Strikes Suddenly
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster printed on white paper with a black and white background image of a city with a large mushroom cloud overhead. At the top is "Disaster / Strikes / Suddenly". At the bottom is "stay prepared...

Return of Three Mile Island
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster is printed on tan paper with text and images in green. The poster has a border of two thin green lines. The top edge of the poster has the text: "The Progressive Student organization of U.C...

50 Years Young
06/21/48

This program or booklet was created by the San Francisco Chapter of the American Red Cross to celebrate their 50th anniversary of service in the Bay Area. The front cover features an image of a...

n.d.

Top of poster has the text: "Emergency Drills". Below poster is organized in three columns and three rows and describes the type of drill, corresponding signal, and course of action. The three...

6-Apr

One of the photo taken by Doc Rogers in the aftermath of the 1906 Earthquake in San Francisco. [We do not have his original negatives.] Clipping on the back, "Apr. 17, 1955--The San...

 (Post-Apocalyptic Farmers)
n.d.

Poster has a drawing in black and white with a thin white border over all. In the foreground of the drawing three naked male figures are pulling a plow in front of a fourth male figure with some...

1984

Poster has a black background with light grey text. In the center is a drawing of a red Eveready battery with a 9. A cat with large fangs and blood dripping from its mouth is jumping through the 9...

Jul-42

Yellowed paper, mimeographed in black "Regulations Governing Auxiliary Volunteer Police."

6-Apr

One of the photo taken by Doc Rogers in the aftermath of the 1906 Earthquake in San Francisco. [We do not have his original negatives.]

6-Apr

One of the photo taken by Doc Rogers in the aftermath of the 1906 Earthquake in San Francisco. [We do not have his original negatives.]

A clipping on the back, "Apr. 13, 1947--In many...

17-Oct-89

This was one of a group of photos taken in the aftermath of the 1989 Earthquake which won the Oakland Tribune a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the disaster. At the bottom of this photo is...

6-Apr

One of the photo taken by Doc Rogers in the aftermath of the 1906 Earthquake in San Francisco. [We do not have his original negatives.] Photo shows the first newspapers coming off the presses at...

13-Apr-90

This was one of the photographers who helped the Oakland Tribune win a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the 1989 Earthquake disaster. Clipping on the back, "Dorothy Lee of Piedmont prays...

21-Oct-89

This was one of a group of photos taken in the aftermath of the 1989 Earthquake that won a Pulitzer Prize. The photo shows 3 rescue workers on top of the collapsed Cypress Structure in Oakland...

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