RE: Photographing San Fransisco after the 1906 quake

2004-12-11 Thread Don Sanderson
Boy, and we complain about having to push the green button! This was a very clever and hard won set of photos. Thanks for the link. Unfortunately it seems to be broken at the moment, hopefully it will come back so others can see it. Don -Original Message- From: David Mann

RE: Photographing San Fransisco after the 1906 quake

2004-12-11 Thread Joseph Tainter
Thanks for the link, David. 'Tis where I grew up. Near where my godmother used to live there is a fire hydrant known as the hydrant that saved San Francisco (well, what was left). It still worked, and they used it to stop the fire. Somewhere, years ago, I saw these photos reproduced in a