Viva San Francisco! 1906 by dodgeart
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100 years ago this week:
A poem from the aftermath of The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire:
If, as some say, God spanked the town,
For being frisky,
Why did He burn the churches down
And save Hotaling's Whiskey?
...A.P. Hotaling's whiskey warehouse survived completely unscathed while most of city was destroyed.
"....All that is left is Human Love...."
--From a local newspaper account.
Comments (7)
Hopalong
"Like a lot of folks in the San Francisco area, Amadeo Peter Giannini was thrown from his bed in the wee hours of April 18, 1906, when the Great Quake shook parts of the city to rubble. He hurriedly dressed and hitched a team of horses to a borrowed produce wagon and headed into town to the Bank of Italy, which he had founded two years earlier. Sifting through the ruins, he discreetly loaded $2 million in gold, coins and securities onto the wagon bed, covered the bank's resources with a layer of vegetables and headed home. In the days after the disaster, the man known as A.P. broke ranks with his fellow bankers, many of whom wanted area banks to remain shut to sort out the damage. Giannini quickly set up shop on the docks near San Francisco's North Beach. With a wooden plank straddling two barrels for a desk, he began to extend credit "on a face and a signature" to small businesses and individuals in need of money to rebuild their lives. His actions spurred the city's redevelopment. That would have been legacy enough for most people. But Giannini's mark extends far beyond San Francisco, where his dogged determination and unusual focus on 'the little people' helped build what was at his death the largest bank in the country, Bank of America, with assets of $5 billion. (It's now No. 2, with assets of $572 billion, behind Citigroup's $751 billion.)...."(from an article by Daniel Kadlec)
Richardphotos
the man in the center looks like Will Rogers. Hopalong's account is news to me. I never heard that before. excellent reproduction of the picture.
jcv2
Incredible to see what happened in that timeframe! Terrific capture, people took up their lives and survived in their own way!
Digimon
Too bad, they say 85% of the casualties were from the poor response and planning AFTER the quake...a certain general used tons of dynamite to try and put out fires, and ended up causing more..they shot anyone who was out past curfew, which caused many innocent deaths....
MrsLubner
excellent. I love your retouched old photos!
dodgeart
"Smile though your heart is aching..." --Charlie Chaplin Just to wanted to make clear: This image is from an old stereo photo (Great Granddaddy of the3D Viewmaster) taken at that time. I did not change anything. Humor triumphs over all and survives a century later. Thank goodness.Thanks for viewing
nikolais
amazing.