Her success was cut short by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire . Hanscom 's studio was completely destroyed , and with it all of the negatives for '' The Rubaiyat . '' A small number of prints survived in a safe , but otherwise the only remaining images from this project are in the books themselves . She had to completely start her business and life anew , and since the area where she lived and worked was now mostly uninhabitable she packed her few remaining belongings and moved to Seattle . She soon set up a new studio there with another photographer , Gertrude Wilson , and for the next five years she did commercial portrait works for prominent families in the area . Her photographs often filled the society pages of Seattle 's newspaper
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Adelaide Hanscom Leeson