Contains 78 photos
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake and Fire Damage looking east from Market and O'Farrell; Mutual Savings Bank Building at left, Palace Hotel, Monadnock Building, Hearst Examiner Building, Call Building, Call Building Annex, Kamm Building. Eiler's Music Co., Bancroft History Building at right. Many people walking on street. ['Call' Charles Bailey L.A. #68]
Downtown / Union Square
View southeast down Market to Knights Templar Decorations in lights. Palace Hotel in background. Photographers with cameras on tripods at left. Clock at left shows time as about 6:50 p.m.
Downtown / Union Square
View across intersection to northwest corner of Columbus & Kearny St. Hotel Vendome. Streetcar #16. In distance left, St. Francis of Assisi Church being rebuilt, with ladders and scaffolding. At right, Hotel Broadway, New Commerce Hotel. At far left Hirsch Bros. clothing.
North Beach
View northwest across Market to Kearny, Geary intersection. Lotta's Fountain, Chronicle Building at right( with Dr. Willett Chiropractor, Security Finance Co., W & H Cigars Liquor signs). Buildings on west side of Kearny include 2 Geary Building (with Granville's Jewelers), Schmidt Building (with Pastine's Restaurant), Baldwin Building (with O.P.O. Clothes), Oscar Luning Building (with Brooks Camera).
Downtown
View northeast across intersection to Italian Popular Bank building (Fugazi Banca Popolare Operaia Italiana) (built 1908) at gore corner. Building is also known as the Fugazi Bank Building, and exists today as San Francisco Landmark #52. Before 1914, a third story was added, shown her. The cupola was removed after that. In addition, the building was extended northward. At this time it was the Bank of America, later the Transamerica Building. Buildings along east side of Montgomery Street with Italian businesses including Canessa Printing Co. at right.
North Beach
View east across 5th to afternoon crowd on Market St. Flood Building at left, Lincoln Building at right.
South of Market
View northeast across Market to Muni J-Line streetcar inbound. Elevated traffic control tower on right. Postal Telegraph, Tilden Sales and Board of Trade Buildings at left. Mobilgas sign atop Fife Building. Flag Banners across Street for Golden Gate International Exposition 1940. Mechanics Monument at left.
Financial District
View north across Market and up Powell St. Flood Building, Owl Drug .Co, Cable Car on turntable, St. Francis and Sir Francis Drake Hotels in distance. Bank of America Building, Powell Theatre on left. Birdcage traffic signals. Woolworth's opened in Flood Building street level in October, 1952.
Downtown / Union Square
View west across Market to approaching Municipal Railway (Muni) B-Line #77 passing Lotta's Fountain. Fosters cafeteria, Mell's Broiled Hamburgers, California Savings, Schmidt Building, Rosenstock Building, Granville's Jewelers in background center. W & H Cigars and Liquors, Security Finance Co. in Chronicle Building at right. The Stag bar in Flannery Building at left. Birdcage traffic signal. (The B and C cars ended service on December 29, 1956).
Downtown / Union Square
B Street Car #77. Lotta's Fountain on left.
Downtown / Union Square
Busy Street Scene, looking west down Ellis. Mayflower Donuts, Crocker-Anglo Bank, John's Grill, Foreman & Clark Men's Clothes. Hotel Gates, Hotel Pasadena, Sport Club, Rialto Bowling. Muni Bus #2259 with wings livery. Birdcage traffic signal.
Downtown / Union Square
View east from lower Market Street near foot of Drumm to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 21-Line #1517. 6-Line #170 in distance behind. In front of Ferry Building "Call-Bulletin Green Flash" banner. Golden T Hotel, Lundstrom Hats, Hotel Terminal, Wakelee's Drugs, Yacht Club Liquors, bird cage traffic signal, The Boys Dairy Lunch, Alameda Cafe. Path of gold light standards prominent at left. Same original image as wnp4.1354.
Financial District
Elevated view northeast over busy street scene. Crocker Building on the left, Union Trust Building, original Hobart Building Ferry Building in the distance. Palace and Grand Hotels on the right. Cable cars, horse drawn carts, street sweeper. [16881. Market Street, looking East, just before the Earthquake]
South of Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake and Fire Damage looking east from Market and O'Farrell; Mutual Savings Bank Building at left, Palace Hotel, Monadnock Building, Hearst Examiner Building, Call Building, Call Building Annex, Kamm Building. Eiler's Music Co., Bancroft History Building at right. Many people walking on street. Cropped duplicate of wnp14.0438.jpg. [Call Bld Chas. Bailey L.A. #68]
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view northeast from vehicle in center of Market toward Ferry Building in distance to soldiers marching in formation with rifles. From left to right, Crocker Building, Wells Fargo Union Trust Building, Hobart Building, Flatiron Building, Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop, PG&E building, Hooker & Lent Building, Underwood Building, Balboa Building, West Coast Life Insurance Co. Building, Metropolis Bank Building, Palace Hotel.
Downtown / Union Square