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The twenty-six films in this collection represent the earliest period of film production in America. Seventeen of the films capture San Francisco and its environs before the 1906 disaster. Seven films document the great earthquake and fire. The two later films include a 1915 travelogue that shows the rebuilt city and the Panama Pacific Exposition, and a 1916 propaganda film.
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| Special Presentation: |
Early San Francisco
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/papr/sf.html |
| Historical Eras: |
Development of the Industrial United States, 1876-1915
Emergence of Modern America, 1890-1930 |
| Related Collections: | African American Pamphlets, 1818-1907 Early Films: President McKinley and the Pan-American Exposition, 1901 Inside an American Factory: The Westinghouse Works, 1904 The Life of a City: Early Films of New York, 1898-1906 National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921 Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1890-1920 World's Transportation Commission Photographs, 1894-1896 WPA Life History Manuscripts, 1936-1940 |
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Learn More About It: Early Films of San Francisco Before and After the Earthquake, 1897-1916
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Nov-20-96