A photograph by Arnold Genthe of San Francisco on April 18th, 1906, at 9 a.m., showing people watching the city burn after the great earthquake of 1906. Over 3000 people died in this natural disaster. There was over $400 million (in 1906 dollars) in damag

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A photograph by Arnold Genthe of San Francisco on April 18th, 1906, at 9 a.m., showing people watching the city burn after the great earthquake of 1906. Over 3000 people died in this natural disaster. There was over $400 million (in 1906 dollars) in damage.

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A photograph by Arnold Genthe of San Francisco on April 18th, 1906, at 9 a.m., showing people watching the city burn after the great earthquake of 1906. Over 3000 people died in this natural disaster. There was over $400 million (in 1906 dollars) in damag

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