San Francisco Earthquake

San Francisco Earthquake, 1906, Refugee Camp, Jefferson Park

San Francisco, 1906, collapsed buildings

San Francisco, 1906, hot meal kitchen

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African American History

First African American man to be drafted from Seattle, Washington. - NARA, ca. 1917 - 1919, 
War Department. (1789 - 09/18/1947)

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Vintage Photo

"First to Fight." A group of U.S. Marines. US Marine Corps Recruiting Publicity Bureau., 1918 

Source: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration | American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, compiled 1917 - 1918 (Record Group 165) | War Department

Ike Sims

Has eleven sons in service. Ike Sims of Atlanta, Georgia, 87 years old, has eleven sons in the service.
1917 - ca. 1919

Source: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration |American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, compiled1917 - 1918 (Record Group 165) | War Department

Metropolitan Opera House

A full house, seen from the rear of the stage, at the Metropolitan Opera House for a concert by pianist Josef Hofmann, 1937
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