40 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (sight) silver gelatin photograph, housed in original oak frame, 46 1/2 x 13 in. (slight loss and some wrinkling of the print; some edge wear including crescent shaped area of loss to top edge of frame; conserved using acid-free backing and glass). Titled and credited in the negative, lower margin, "The Burning of San Francisco. April 18, 06. Copyright 1906. Pillsbury Picture Co. View from St. Francis Hotel, No. 101." 

A panoramic view of the incredible destruction wrought by the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906.