Quake Shack Refugee Camps 1906

Unfinished History

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Refugee camps comprised of small villages of redwood "relief sheds" or as we commonly refer to them now, quake shacks, were built all over San Francisco in the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake and fire. They were the FEMA trailers of their era.

All photos: OpenSFHistory.org

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Richmond District

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Lobos Square

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Franklin Square

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Jefferson Square

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Washington Square

Dolores Park -then Mission Park- cottage camp opened November 19, 1906 and closed October 22, 1907 wnp14.0615.jpg

Dolores Park—then Mission Park—cottage camp, opened November 19, 1906 and closed October 22, 1907.

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp14.0615

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After some have been removed from the Presidio