Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) Lot n° 40

San Francisco Fire after the April 1906 Earthquake San Francisco dopo il terremoto, 18 Aprile 1906 Exhibition silver print, printed for the Legion from a new negative, 26x35 cm, printed 1943. The Genthe negatives and prints were acquired by the SF Palace of the Legion of Honor in 1943. A lot of the negatives were in bad shape even then so they made copy negatives off the prints where the ne­gatives were missing. These Legion prints were exhibited several times after the 1943 acquisition. Provenance: Published by the SF Palace of the Legion of Honor.