Looking Down Sacramento Street [1906]


Picture was taken April 18, 1906. It is the most famous photo of the destruction of San Francisco by earthquake and fire on April 18, 1906. After his camera was damaged during the earthquake, Arnold Genthe borrowed a hand-held camera from George Kahn, his dealer, and started taking pictures of the disaster. The most memorable is this one, showing enormous clouds of smoke ominously approach, buildings’ facades collapsed from the quake, and residents standing and sitting in the street…

Looking Down Sacramento Street

Photographer: Arnold Genthe
Source: wikipedia.org

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7 Responses
Felipe Tofani says:

and i see something like a skull when i see those people on the left side.
just like the one from the cartoon “the punisher”.

not that it is related to anything

Thursday, May 31st, 2007 at 8:22 pm"  
David G says:

OMG, that’s exactly the first thing I saw when I looked at the pic, I thought “great, why did someone photoshop this in”, and then took a second look.

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007 at 4:52 am"  
amir says:

tanks for best pic

Sunday, June 10th, 2007 at 1:36 pm"  
casey says:

this pic was altered, but not in the way you guys were thinking. Almost all of the pictures of the 1906 earthquake had smoke and fire damage added to make it seem like the earthquake did less damage (in other words, some of the smoke is a fake).

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007 at 1:07 am"  
Mitchell says:

This should be ‘Americas most famous photos’, i would hardly call half these photos world famous, and i can think of photos much more famous then ones posted here.

Saturday, July 28th, 2007 at 1:33 pm"  
cody says:

it looks exactly like the punisher!!! right when i opened the picture that what my eyes were drawn 2

Monday, September 24th, 2007 at 1:04 am"  
Aaron D. says:

This isa hands down the greatest photograph I have ever seen.
Totally AWESOME!!!

Saturday, January 12th, 2008 at 5:35 am"  

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