Saturday, May 20, 2006

Lotta's Fountain


This year was the 100 year anniversary of the SF earthquake and fire, April 18th, 1906. There is currently an extensive photographic retrospective at SFMOMA that I got to see today.


This water fountain on Market street was one of the few remaining structures still standing after the earthquake and fire.

It became a place where people gathered in the aftermath of the catastrophe, looking for information on family and friends they could not find.





Donated in 1835 by Lotta Crabtree. Posted by Picasa

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