Showing posts with label fire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fire. Show all posts

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Photo of a Group of German soldiers and French Civilians Posing in Front of the Ruins of the Hôtel de Klinglin Which Was Burned Down by a Fire Sparked by German Artillery Bombardment During the Siege of Strasbourg (1870)

 


Photo of a group of German soldiers and French civilians posing in front of the ruins of the Hôtel de Klinglin (today known as the Hôtel du Préfet) which was burned down by a fire sparked by German artillery bombardment during the Siege of Strasbourg, part of the Franco-Prussian War, c. 1870. By photography firm Varady & Company and originally published as a stereoview.

Source: J. Paul Getty Museum.

Saturday, March 22, 2025

Photo of a Large Crowd on 4th Street Possibly Watching Firemen Battling a Building Fire in St. Louis, Missouri (1868)


View of a large crowd on 4th Street possibly watching firemen battle a building fire in St. Louis, Missouri, c. 1868. Note the stream of water in the street gutter in the foreground which probably is coming from the firemen's efforts. Originally published as a stereoview.
 

Source: Missouri Historical Society.

Friday, December 19, 2014

Spectators Viewing the Aftermath of a Fire in the Offices of the Daily Morning Call Newspaper in San Francisco, California (1859)


Spectators viewing the aftermath of a fire in the offices of the Daily Morning Call newspaper at the southeast corner of Clay and Montgomery Streets in San Francisco, California, 1859.

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Friday, November 21, 2014

View of Buildings Destroyed by Fire in Richmond, Virginia (1865)


View of buildings destroyed by fire in Richmond, Virginia, April 1865. By John Reekie. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Thursday, August 7, 2014

Refugees of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Posing in Front of their Makeshift Shelter



Refugees of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake posing in front of their makeshift shelter which displays signs they made making light of their situation. Animated stereoview.

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014