Today, San Francisco city leaders and community members on Thursday gathered at 5:12 a.m. at Lotta’s Fountain — one of the oldest monuments in the city by the bay and one-time gathering place for earthquake survivors — to remember the lives lost after the temblor struck.
In honor of today, we’re looking back at some of the still images found through the ages of the day and the resulting days after.
// Photography courtesy of the San Francisco Library