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[[Image:Ne-from-dolores-park-april-18-1906-durng-fire-I0051098A.jpg]]
'''Dolores Park, April 18, 1906, fire burning that will eventually reach the edge of the park.'''
''Photo: Online Archive of California''
[[Image:mission$dolores-park-1906.jpg]]
[[Image:mission$dolores-park-1906.jpg]]


'''Dolores Park after the 1906 quake; note the refugee tent camp.'''
'''Dolores Park after the 1906 quake; note the refugee tent camp.'''


''photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
''photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''


At the top of the hill, at 20th and Church, stands the [[Golden Hydrant|fire hydrant]] that is thought to have saved the rest of the neighborhood, because its water continued to flow and helped douse the approaching fire.
At the top of the hill, at 20th and Church, stands the [[Golden Hydrant|fire hydrant]] that is thought to have saved the rest of the neighborhood, because its water continued to flow and helped douse the approaching fire.


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[[Image:Quake-shacks-Dolores-Park1906.jpg]]
 
'''Within months these standardized earthquake relief [[Bernal Heights 1906 Quake Shack survivors|shacks]] filled most San Francisco parks.'''
 
''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 
[[Image:Dolores Park -then Mission Park- cottage camp opened November 19, 1906 and closed October 22, 1907 wnp14.0615.jpg|800px]]
 
'''Dolores Park—then Mission Park—cottage camp, opened November 19, 1906 and closed October 22, 1907.'''
 
''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp14.0615''
 
[[Image:Dolores Park 1907 opensfhistory wnp14.0612.jpg|800px]]
 
'''Dolores Park 1907, looking north.'''
 
''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp14.0612''
 
 
[[Image:Mission quake relief center 1906.jpg|800px]]
 
'''An earthquake relief center nearby in the Mission, 1906.'''
 
''Photo: provenance unknown, via Facebook''
 
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Revision as of 22:44, 10 August 2022

Unfinished History

Ne-from-dolores-park-april-18-1906-durng-fire-I0051098A.jpg

Dolores Park, April 18, 1906, fire burning that will eventually reach the edge of the park.

Photo: Online Archive of California

Mission$dolores-park-1906.jpg

Dolores Park after the 1906 quake; note the refugee tent camp.

photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

At the top of the hill, at 20th and Church, stands the fire hydrant that is thought to have saved the rest of the neighborhood, because its water continued to flow and helped douse the approaching fire.

Quake-shacks-Dolores-Park1906.jpg

Within months these standardized earthquake relief shacks filled most San Francisco parks.

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Dolores Park -then Mission Park- cottage camp opened November 19, 1906 and closed October 22, 1907 wnp14.0615.jpg

Dolores Park—then Mission Park—cottage camp, opened November 19, 1906 and closed October 22, 1907.

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp14.0615

Dolores Park 1907 opensfhistory wnp14.0612.jpg

Dolores Park 1907, looking north.

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp14.0612


Mission quake relief center 1906.jpg

An earthquake relief center nearby in the Mission, 1906.

Photo: provenance unknown, via Facebook

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