Quake Shack Refugee Camps 1906
Unfinished History
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
Richmond District
Lobos Square
Franklin Square
Jefferson Square
Dolores Park—then Mission Park—cottage camp, opened November 19, 1906 and closed October 22, 1907.
Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp14.0615
After some have been removed from the Presidio