An illustration of the front page headlines from the Oakland Tribune (Calif.) reporting the devastation in San Francisco, April 18, 1906.

Front page headlines from the Oakland Tribune (Calif.) reporting the devastation in San Francisco, April 18, 1906.

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Photograph of Charles T. Barney, president of the Knickerbocker Trust Company.

Charles T. Barney, president of the Knickerbocker Trust Company.

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Photograph of F. Augustus Heinze, president of the Mercantile National Bank.

F. Augustus Heinze, president of the Mercantile National Bank.

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Photograph of J. Pierpont Morgan.

J. Pierpont Morgan.

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Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States (1901–1909).

Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States (1901–1909).

Source: Courtesy of Picture History.

Photograph of George B. Cortelyou, United States Secretary of the Treasury.

George B. Cortelyou, United States Secretary of the Treasury.

Source: Courtesy of Picture History.

George F. Baker, president of the First National Bank.

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