San Francisco Earthquake 1906

It was the day the Big One hit. Everyone knew there were earthquakes in California, and everyone knew they were nothing to worry about – until it happened. In the early morning of April 18, 1906, the city of San Francisco was laid low by a devastating earthquake, the likes of which had never been felt before nor replicated since.

This app compiles selected original newspaper pages, digitized and selected by the California Digital Newspaper Collection (CDNC) at the University of California in Riverside. It will take you back to earlier tremors in the Californian area, most notably one in 1857, and of course the days and weeks after April 18 in 1906. Relive the chaos, shock, and horror of this truly monumental event in California’s history.

OVERVIEW OF FEATURES
- A virtual exhibition of curated historical documents, enriched with an informative introductory text
- Download specific or all issues on demand
- A total app size of 450 MB packed with high-quality scans and metadata (we recommend downloading in a wireless LAN environment)
- Extra functions, such as a table of contents and text search with hit highlighting
- A convenient thumbnail-preview bar with each publication
- Attractive user design with intuitive navigation, easy page swiping, and two-finger zooming

ABOUT US
For over 40 years, CCS has been developing solutions for digitization of valuable library and archive holdings (Digital Library). To learn more about CCS, creating apps with digital newspapers and docWorks, please call us at +49 40 227130-0, or send an email to [email protected].