A black-and-white photograph of people standing in a street near piles of rubble and billowing smoke in the distance.

San Francisco, April 18th, 1906, 10am

Arnold Genthe (1869-1942)

Date

1906
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 13 5/8 x 10 3/16 in.
Mount: 18 x 14 in.
Inscriptions

Mount recto:
signed l.l.: Arnold Genthe \ N.Y.
Mount verso:
inscribed: No 11. \ 216 \ San Francisco \ April 18th 1906 10 A.M. \ 13 9/16 x 10 1/8 \ #120 \ 791106 \ #120
stamped: JFC
printed paper label: From ARNOLD GENTHE \ 41 EAST 49th STREET \ NEW YORK
printed and typed on paper label: DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS/GOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION \ Photography \ Title San Francisco Fire 1906 \ Artist Dr. Arnold Genthe \ No. G17 \ Box 401
Mat backing verso:
written and stamped on paper label: "SAN FRANCISCO, APRIL 18th, 1906. \ 10 AM [Genthe's hand, confirmed by Jim Ganz 8/7/2019]
inscribed: SIGNED ON FRONT A.G. N.Y. \ LOOKING DOWN MARKET STREET WITH \ 2 CHINESE FIGS. IN OREGROUND. \ WITH THE DEPT. OF FINE ARTS-- \ GOLDEN GATE INT'L. EXPOSITION \ PRINTED LABEL. \ 13 9/16" x 10 1/8." \ This Vintage Print by Arnold Genthe \ was shown in the Genthe Exhibition \ at the Staten Island Museum 28 \ September to 2 November 1975. \ Catalog number 17 \ This original photograph by Arnold Genthe, came \ from the collection of a fellow countryman and \ long-time friend of Genthe's, the late William E. \ Neumeyer and Mrs. Neumeyer of New York City
[dealer's label]
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1980.25.2
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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