San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Photographs by the Miles Brothers, 1906

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San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Photographs by the Miles Brothers, 1906

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43 glass plate negatives; 35 digital objects

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Bancroft Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6664593

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Miles Brothers

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Organization History The Miles brothers (Harry, Herbert, and Earl C.) were film exhibitors who established the first motion picture exchange in the United States in San Francisco in 1902. Prior to this they and other exhibitors had to purchase movies directly from the makers. Brother Harry came up with the idea of renting films to exhibitors, an idea that forever changed the growing industry. Under the Miles Brothers Motion Pictur...