Fairmont Hotel
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to burned out Fairmont Hotel viewed through burned trees, from Taylor St.
Nob HillBuilding
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O'Farrell near Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking east on O'Farrell toward Call Building.
Downtown / Union Square
View from Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to downtown. Kohl Bldg at left, Ferry Building in distance with repair scaffolding. Merchants Exchange at center with structural repairs underway.
Nob Hill
California & Taylor
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to the rear of the portico of the ruined A. N. Towne mansion on California Street. Portico was moved to Lloyd Lake in Golden Gate Park in 1909 and became known as Portals of the Past. Fairmont Hotel under reconstruction in the background.
Nob Hill
Union Square
View west from park to women strolling, seated men, St. Francis Hotel with 1908 wing almost complete.
Downtown
Battery near Sacramento
View west on Sacramento Street. Post-1906 construction work in progress. 'Gabriel-Meyerfeld Printers'
Downtown
Market & Montgomery
West on Market St. from Post and Montgomery. Call Building.
Downtown
Market near Mason
Market St between Taylor & Mason. View northeast, Flood Building in background. Mechanics Savings Bank Building under construction (N.E. Cor. Market Mason), Admission Day Monument (Native Sons Monument). At left, Dean Building built 1906, demolished 2018.
South of Market
US Custom House
Main entrance to the United States Custom House on Battery Street. Granite carvings on the outside of the building were done <em>in situ</em> from raw granite blocks.
North Beach
Midwinter Fair
Tight wire walker John Weitzman on rope wire stretched between Bonet Tower and Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building (Weitzman is below Belvista Cafe sign). View taken from dome of Building, looking southwest. Strawberry Hill at right.
Golden Gate Park
Minna near Mary
Elevated view north toward Chronicle Building under construction, old U.S. Mint, Flood Building
South of Market
Fillmore & Ellis
View southwest across intersection to Geo. Haas and Sons; Clothing store decorated with flags, paintings of ships for Great White Fleet visit. Orpheum and Princess Theatres in background (both opened in 1907). Steel arch over intersection.
Western Addition
Hibernia Bank in ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north across Market to intersection of Market, McAllister, and Jones.
South of Market
Sansome & Lombard
Bay Warehouse / Lombard Warehouse
Telegraph Hill
Clay near Waverly
View northeast across Clay to buildings between Waverly Place and Grant (then Dupont). Building with lanterns and balcony housed Yoot Hong Low restaurant at 810 Clay. Building at far right demolished in late 1887.
Chinatown