Title Among the ruins : Arnold Genthe's photographs of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and firestorm / edited by Karin Breuer.

Publication Info.	Petaluma : Cameron + Company, [2021]
	San Francisco, CA : Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, [2021]

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Location	Call No.	Status
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	979.461 GENTHE	Check Shelf
South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction	979.461 BREUER	Check Shelf

Description	227 pages : illustrations, map ; 28 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Foreword / Thomas P. Campbell -- Essays. Arnold Genthe and the California Camera Club / Carolin Görgen -- Retracing Genthe's journey step-by-step / James A. Ganz -- An African American presence revealed in Arnold Genthe's 1906 earthquake and fire photographs / Rodger C. Birt -- Freezing fire : Arnold Genthe and his camera / Victoria Binder -- :Get out with your 'Picture box'"" : photographers and the "San Francisco Horror" / Colleen Terry -- Bearing witness, then and now / Richard Misrach -- Plates.
Summary	When disaster struck San Francisco on April 18, 1906, photographer Arnold Genthe grabbed a pocket camera and ventured out to document the destruction. Now, over a century later, the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts presents the definitive collection of Genthe's historic photographs.
Subject	Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942.
	San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906.
	Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works.
	Fires -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works.
	Photography of flags.
	Photography of fires.
	Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942. (OCoLC)fst00032093
	Earthquakes. (OCoLC)fst00900899
	Fires. (OCoLC)fst00925697
	Photography of flags. (OCoLC)fst01061908
	California -- San Francisco. (OCoLC)fst01204481
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
Added Author	Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942. Works. Selections.
	Breuer, Karin, editor.
	Campbell, Thomas P. (Thomas Patrick), 1962- writer of foreword.
	Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
ISBN	9781951836153 hardcover
	1951836154 hardcover

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