SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE Huge 32" x 21" original 1906 illustrated news poster - $200 - (Oxford, MD)
Please visit our EBAY STORE at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at auction: http://stores.ebay.com/Steve-Goldman-HISTORICAL-NEWSPAPERS_W0QQsspagenameZL2222QQtZkm SEE PHOTOs----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL 32" x 21" blank back illustrated newspaper broadside poster printed by a newspaper, the San Francisco Examiner (CA) and dated May 27, 1906. It is the Supplement (Extra) to the San Francisco Examiner , May 13, 1906. This news poster / broadside has headline that reads: "Birdseye View of the Ruins of San Francisco." This was a panoramic view of the destruction wrought by the GREAT SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE of April 18, 1906, and is the LOCAL NEWSPAPER broadside extra showing the extent of the damage. Great LOCAL display item from the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, the most devastating earthquake in US history, against which all other earthquakes are measured and compared. The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake that struck San Francisco and the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. Devastating fires broke out in the city that lasted for several days. As a result of the quake and fires, about 3,000 people died and over 80% of San Francisco was destroyed. The earthquake and resulting fire are remembered as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States alongside the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The death toll from the earthquake and resulting fire is the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California's history. Good condition. Some short edge tears in blank margins. This listing includes the complete entire original blank back broadside. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. U.S. buyers pay priority mail postage which includes waterproof plastic and a heavy cardboard flat to protect your purchase from damage in the mail. I…
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