Genthe, Arnold, Dr.
American (b. Germany, 1869-1942)
Adams, Ansel (later photographer/printer)
American (1902-1984)

TITLE ON OBJECT: San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, 1906

1906 / print 1956, by Ansel Adams
gelatin silver print
26.5 x 33.3 cm.
Gift of California Legion of Honor
GEH NEG: 21024
73:0043:0001

NON-GEH NUMBER: # 1

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
This image was part of GEH's submission to Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) in 1999.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 439.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY: "Inside Out: 50 Years of Collecting", US, NY, Rochester April 24, 1999 - March 12, 2000.//

INSCRIPTION: mount verso-(rubberstamp) "San Francisco Earthquake and Fire 1906 Print By Ansel Adams 1956, From Original Negative By Arnold Genthe courtesy Calif. Palace of the Legion of Honor San Francisco" (in pencil) "#1"

NOTES: Catalogued 12/97, DZ.

SUBJECT: cityscape, fire ravaged