[Ilf] April 18, 1906: San Francisco Earthquake with Movies/Pictures

[Carole Bos]

Today is the anniversary of the Great San Francisco earthquake and resulting fire.  Learn what happened with archival photos, movies and eyewitness stories aggregated in this web site.  http://www.awesomestories.com/disasters/san_francisco/san_francisco_ch1.htm   Examine the U.S. Geological Survey maps of the quake itself - the shaking was recorded halfway around the world at the Gottingen observatory in Germany - plus USGS maps of current quakes, updated hourly.   

Group access to the site is free for all schools, libraries and educators.  Obtain group access with this form.  https://www.awesomestories.com/signup.php?ua=group_signup   It is also free for library patrons, individual students, their parents and members of the general public.  Select an individual password with this form.  
https://www.awesomestories.com/signup.php?ua=individual_signup  The site's privacy policy http://www.awesomestories.com/content/privacy.shtml is strictly enforced.

Carole Bos
Dean's Advisory Board
Grand Valley State University
bosc at gvsu.edu