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1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake Damage

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Crowds in Candlestick Park after the earthquake
  • Crowds in Candlestick Park after the earthquake
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    Crowds in Candlestick Park after the earthquake
    General view of rescue attempts in the Marina District
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    General view of rescue attempts in the Marina District
    Emergency workers prop up a collapsed building
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    Emergency workers prop up a collapsed building
    General view of a collapsed building
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    General view of a collapsed building
    General view of the Marina district disaster zone
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    General view of the Marina district disaster zone
    Oakland Athletics v San Francisco Giants
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    Oakland Athletics v San Francisco Giants
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    Photo shot 22 OCT 89 shows a collapsed p
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    San Francisco Marina District circa 1989
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    Earthquake-damaged buildings in the Marina District of San Francisco, October 17, 1989. (Jonathan Nourok/AFP/Getty Images)
    Marina District residents remove possess
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    Marina District residents remove possess
    Rubble litters the sidewalk on the stree
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    Rubble litters the sidewalk on the stree
  • Rubble litters the sidewalk on the stree
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    Rubble litters the sidewalk on the stree
    Rubble fills the sidewalk in front of a
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    Rubble fills the sidewalk in front of a
    Cars sit abandoned 18 October 1989 on th
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    Firefighters extinguish fire in the Mari
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  • Two firemen watch, in San Francisco, 18
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    Food items litter the floor in an aisle
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    Firemen search for occupants in a heavil
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    A fireman passes a heavily-damaged build
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    A giant crack opened in front of the Tranbargers' home in the Santa Cruz Mountains. (San Francisco Chronicle)
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    Many Marina buildings, like this one at Jefferson and Divisadero, had to be destroyed. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Crowds in Candlestick Park after the earthquake
SAN FRANCISCO – OCTOBER 17: General view of the crowds in Candlestick Park after an earthquake, measuring 7.1 on the richter scale, rocks game three of the World Series between the Oakland A’s and San Francisco Giants at Candlestick Park on October 17, 1989 in San Francisco, California. Despite some discussion to cancel, baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent agrees to allow the series to continue. Play resumed October 25, and the A’s go on to sweep the Giants in four games. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr /Getty Images)
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