A Day at the Beach, October 7, 1906

Here in the archives, there are some days when there is a small amount of time for me to flip through a photograph album and look at all of the photographs! Today I was going through S.A. Minnich's Photograph Album (SFP-27) for a request from a patron.  The vernacular photography in the album record Minnich's time here in San Francisco between May 1906 and May 1907.  The photographs document refugee camps, reconstruction of the city and the Streetcar Strike - with in between moments of frivolity.  I was struck by the above snapshot - rolled up bloomers and pants, glistening sun on the ocean and and an eager dog. Then I noticed the date - one hundred and four years ago today.

These snapshots continue our blog nod to this year's One City One Book selection, Zeitoun. The photograph album represents how a city rebuilds itself after a devastating disaster.