Photographs of the San Francisco Earthquake and the Pacific Islands, 1865-1875

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MS. 23051 photogr. 121

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Photographic views of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, plus landscape views from the Pacific islands.

Dates

Creation: 1865-1875

Extent

100 items

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MS. 23051 photogr. 121

Former reference:

Wilson Centre Accession Number: 92:4753

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Burton Brothers was a New Zealand-based photography studio opened by Walter John Burton. The studio is known for pioneering the use of mobile darkrooms. There is little available information on Adolf Fischer. He immigrated to New Zealand in the 1870s.