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By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com Guide to 20th Century History since 1997

Refugee Shacks After the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

Thursday October 5, 2006
After the 1906 earthquake rocked San Francisco, thousands of the city residents built temporary shacks to live in until the city rebuilt itself. A few dozen of these shacks still exist. Meant to be lived in for just a few years, some of these shacks have had occupants for a hundred. As the shacks grow older and need more repairs, owners question what to do with these pieces of history.

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