In 2009 , several Kromogram views of San Francisco made by Ives six months after the 1906 earthquake and fire were discovered while cataloging a collection of Kromograms at the National Museum of American History . They are believed to be the only existing images showing the aftermath of that disaster in natural color ( i.e. , with color recorded and reproduced photographically rather than added in by hand ) , as well as the earliest extant natural color photographs of San Francisco
1906 earthquake and fire
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Frederic Eugene Ives