Chinatown streets after the earthquake, photographed by Arnold Genthe
1906
Arnold Genthe photographed the city on the morning of April 18, 1906, working through the district he had spent a decade documenting. This negative belongs to the group covering the earthquake's effect on Chinatown. It is held in the Genthe Collection at the Library of Congress.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Part of San Francisco · Watch in the documentary
More from San Francisco
- Genthe negative exposed in Chinatown on the day of the quake
- Chinatown on the morning of the earthquake
- Genthe's negative exposed on the day the earthquake struck
- Arnold Genthe's view of Chinatown on the morning of the earthquake
- Arnold Genthe's view of the city on earthquake day
- Genthe transparency made in Chinatown as the city burned