2005.52.67

The original envelope reads, "North side of 13th between Broadway and Washington Sts., West side of Clay St.-- between 10th and 11th Sts." although there is no indication which area the negative actually represents. There is a man with a bicycle, as well as an optomitrists shop, and Kodak sign. There is a pile of wood on one side, presumabley for repairs.

At 5:15 a.m. on April 18, 1906, Californians from Eureka to Salinas were jolted by an estimated 7.7-7.9-magnitude earthquake along the San Andreas Fault. The force of the quake destroyed the downtown of Santa Rosa, caused chaos in San Jose and Stanford University, and caused alarm and death in Oakland. San Francisco, California's largest city at the time, was subjected to the most destruction. Excerpt from Aftershock! Centennial Exhibition write-up, 2005.