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442: ‘Paper sons’ rebuilt San Francisco’s Chinatown after 1906 quake
On April 18, 1906, at precisely 5:12 a.m., a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck San Francisco, triggering fires that ravaged the city and left thousands dead. The resulting destruction displaced ...
Ashes to ashes: What L.A. can learn from San Francisco's 1906 disaster
Los Angeles took over as California's top city after San Francisco's 1906 earthquake and fires. What lessons can L.A. learn from this latest disaster?
L'Italo-Americano Newspaper5d
Los Angeles, like San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake
Los Angeles has been going through one of the most dramatic times of its history, but just like San Francisco after the 1906 ...
PBS5y
The San Francisco Earthquake
San Francisco - Earthquake & fire, 1906 "Ruins on Kearney St. near Post Office". Library of Congress. At 5:12 am on April 18, 1906, San Francisco residents were awakened by a 40-second tremor that ...
Los Angeles Times16d
Ashes to ashes: What L.A. can learn from San Francisco’s 1906 disaster
After 1906, Los Angeles merchants “took advantage of the confusion” to “penetrate” — presumably marketing its goods — north into the great Central Valley. When San Francisco’s ...
PBS5y
The San Francisco Earthquake
San Francisco - Earthquake & fire, 1906 "Ruins on Kearney St. near Post Office". Library of Congress. At 5:12 am on April 18, 1906, San Francisco residents were awakened by a 40-second tremor that ...