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The Surprising Reason Why Chinatowns Worldwide Share the Same Aesthetic

It all started with the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
by Josh Jones via Open Culture on May 19, 2021
Aerial photograph of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

George R. Lawrence, Aeronaut Photographer

George R. Lawrence captured one of the most iconic photos of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. That was only one event in his very interesting life.
by Christopher Turner via Cabinet on November 21, 2008
Portrait of Jane Stanford, circa 1855.

A Poisonous Legacy

Two new books reveal the story of Stanford University’s early years to be rife with corruption, autocracy, incompetence, white supremacy, and murder.
by Jessica Riskin via New York Review of Books on June 1, 2023
Elle Hardy and the cover of her book, Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity is Taking Over the World.

The Rise of Pentecostal Christianity

While the world’s fastest-growing religious faith offers material benefits and psychological uplift to many, it also pushes a reactionary political agenda.
by Nathan J. Robinson, Elle Hardy via Current Affairs on April 8, 2022
Photo of a young Dorothy Day in front of a bookshelf.

How the Great Dorothy Day’s Anger Was an Expression of Her Faith

"What the Catholic church wanted us to understand about women and anger—that we simply didn’t experience it—backfired spectacularly."
by Kaya Oakes via Literary Hub on November 30, 2021
Landscape shot of Los Angeles, with Hollywoodland sign in the background.

True West: Searching for the Familiar in Early Photos of L.A. and San Francisco

A look at early photography reveals the nuances of California's early development.
by Hunter Oatman-Stanford via Collectors Weekly on February 13, 2019
Alaskan coastal town at the foot of snowy mountains.
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How the Federal Government Became Responsible for Disaster Relief

The Alaska earthquake that put Washington in charge of natural disasters.
by Andrew Morris via Made By History on December 4, 2018
853 map of San Francisco by the U. S. Coast Survey

Demolishing the California Dream: How San Francisco Planned Its Own Housing Crisis

Today's housing crisis in San Francisco originates from zoning laws that segregated racial groups and income levels.
by Hunter Oatman-Stanford via Collectors Weekly on September 21, 2018
Cross-shaped steel beam from the wreckage of the World Trade Center

Disasters and the Politics of Memory

The challenges involved in constructing the 9-11 Museum in New York City within the context of other man-made disasters.
by Kevin Rozario via Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History on September 1, 2014
Income tax form

Tax Time

Why we pay.
by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on November 19, 2012

A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire

This film is a rare record of San Francisco's downtown area before its destruction in the 1906 earthquake and fire.
by Miles Brothers via Library of Congress on April 14, 1906

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