Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Ideal Picture and Map of San Francisco California
- Title:
- Ideal Picture and Map of San Francisco California
- Alternate Title:
- Ideal Picture and Map of San Francisco
- Collection:
- Persuasive Cartography: The PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Davies, A.H.M.
- Date:
- 1906
- Posted Date:
- 2017-04-14
- ID Number:
- 1155.01
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_1155_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1900 - 1919
- Subject:
- Disaster/Health/Environment
Pictorial
Unusual Graphics/Text
- Measurement:
- 9 x 12.5 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- A postcard looking to the recovery of San Francisco from the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire. "Heavy lines show extent of the burned district. Area about four square miles. Property loss $300,000,000" (about 8 billion current dollars). The sad face of a woman looks east from the waterfront, where there is a "line of wharves untouched." Views across the top show the "Golden Gate at Sunset" in the west and "Sunrise" in the east. An unknown poem or hymn completes the picture: "Oh lift thine eyes my Loved One/And lean upon His breast/Trusting Him supremely/Who doeth all things best."
See also ID #1157, "San Francisco Burned District," 1906.
For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact
- Cite As:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.
