About six weeks after the1906 earthquake and fire devastated the City, George R. Lawrence took this 130-degree panoramic photo from high above San Francisco Bay.
Published: May, 2011
About six weeks after the1906 earthquake and fire devastated the City, George R. Lawrence took this 130-degree panoramic photo from high above San Francisco Bay. Lawrence’s camera was 49 pounds, and he made it airborne by attaching it to 16 linked kites. He activated the shutter with an electric current delivered along a line from the ground to the camera. This photo, which was taken on May 28, and others in the series ran in various parts of the San Francisco Examiner through August of that year.
