AFTER THE SHAKE, THEY BAKED
Cooking in the Streets, San Francisco 1906

Featuring The Refugees’ Cookbook

The Refugees’ Cookbook was published after the 1906 earthquake and fire for those inhabitants of San Francisco whom during the catastrophe lost their treasured cookbooks.

Today, 102 years later, our first publication, After The Shake, They Baked, presents a snapshot of how the men and women of San Francisco coped with disaster by attempting to preserve the most important aspects of daily life. For San Franciscans then, as now, it wasn’t enough to merely eat. As soon as possible, survivors found ways to return to the comfort of fine dining. The Refugees’ Cookbook was one step toward that goal. Modern lovers of the City may be heartened to learn that, even in the worst of times, good food and good company can triumph over frustration and adversity.  To Order Click Here

For over fifty years, the staff of the Museum of the City of San Francisco has labored--with your help--to compile the first-ever register of those who died in San Francisco's Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906.

The City of San Francisco's count of the dead was 478.

With your assistance, however, today we can at last honor the lost citizenry, and recognize all of the victims of the 1906 calamity.

See if your family members are recognized at this time, and watch for the next updated list.

The search continues.

Gladys Hansen
Curator, SFMUSEUM.ORG
The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco.

1906 Earthquake Great Register

P.S. Please keep these wonderful and so informative 1906 stories coming.

Great Register 1906 List of Dead and Survivors  as of July22, 2010. (updated!)

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