Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sfearthquake3b

San Francisco Mission District burning in the aftermath of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906.

Reason

A dramatic photograph taken at some personal risk: a major fire rages quite close to the rooftop where this was shot 102 years ago when camera equipment was heavy and required a tripod. If the wind had shifted in the photographer's direction a swift evacuation would have been difficult. This event was one of the worst natural disasters in United States history.

Articles this image appears in

1906 San Francisco earthquake.

Creator

Original Photographer: Chadwick, H. D. (US Gov War Department. Office of the Chief Signal Officer.) Edits by Durova (scratch and artifact removal, rotation). Original unretouched upload available at Image:Sfearthquake3.jpg

Not promoted

• Expired. Julia\^talk 17:33, 24 June 2012 (UTC)