CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE. Original Photogravure Titled: Bird’s-Eye-View of Ruins of San Francisco from Captive Airship 600 Feet Above Folsom Between Fifth And Sixth Sts. 28 x 76 cm 11 x30 in. Very mild crinkling of blank margins but overall a very good photogravure. Panoramic photogravure view of San Francisco in ruins just after the 1906 earthquake which struck San Francisco and the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a. 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”(Wikipedia); “Lawrence’s Captive Airship, as he called it, was an ingenious kite array that lifted a 50 pound panoramic camera between 400 and 2000 feet into the air. It took 17 kites to hold the camera and a stabilizing rig aloft. Three boom arms stretched out horizontally from beneath the camera with cords attached that connected to a weight dangling below the camera to keep the rig balanced(tested. Com). Globus Books is an independent San Francisco-based bookshop and a member of the American Booksellers Association and the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and has been in business since 1971. Globus Rare Books and Archives is the department within Globus Books that specializes in rare travel and exploration related items from around the world with an emphasis on the Americas, the Pacific and Russian explorers and travellers. All items are guaranteed to be as described. We leave feedback for buyers once they have left feedback for us.