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market street view after the 8.9 earthquake in sf 1906 (Original Post)
AllaN01Bear
Apr 2023
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efhmc
(15,130 posts)1. I appreciate this. I wonder if it could be colorized.
AllaN01Bear
(23,829 posts)2. there is a earlier post of mine that has a colorized version.
Beatlelvr
(713 posts)3. Wow. Looks like
Bombed out Europe, WWII.
hunter
(39,232 posts)4. My grandma's sister was born in San Francisco before the earthquake...
... my grandma just after.
My great aunt remembered getting lost as a toddler in a post earthquake street market. A Black family took her hand and reconnected her with home.
That didn't completely erase the family bigotry but it was a huge step forward.
Basically my grandma and her sister liked people.