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San Francisco, Palace Hotel on fire, during earthquake and fire, California, April 18, 1906.

Remembering Earthquake Shacks, San Francisco’s Original Tiny Houses

Source: Curbed San Francisco

After the 1906 earthquake and fire that destroyed a large portion of San Francisco, refugee camps of very small houses were built. They were later moved to different parts of the city and some still exist today.

This entry was posted in An Age of Realism and tagged Culture & Society, History on December 1, 2020 by Anita Hacker.

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