Powell & Market
View northeast from 5th Street intersection to men crossing the street in front of the construction of the Flood Building. St Ann's Building with tower on left. Ad for Cordes Furniture Co. at 245-250 Geary.
South of MarketConstruction
Contains 3716 photos
Market near 2nd
Elevated View east from 2nd Street toward Shell Building, lot partially cleared for Zellerbach Plaza. Bay Bridge in the background
Financial District
Chestnut & Culebra Terrace
Street Grading with mule team, Fontana Warehouse, Black Point in background
Russian Hill
Golden Gate Park
Central portion and tower of de Young Museum under construction (completed 1921) East wing completed 1919.. Biplane on lawn.
Golden Gate Park
Hyde & Broadway
View northwest to approaching California Street Cable Car #40. Broadway Market, construction over Broadway Tunnel.
Russian Hill
Market near New Montgomery
Muni track work in front of Palace Hotel
Financial District
Sunset Boulevard
Parkway construction of Sunset Boulevard looking north to Judah Street.
Sunset Outer
Great Highway
Construction. Bulldozer grading berm between Upper and Lower Great Highway.
Sunset Outer
Great Highway
Construction along Ocean Beach, truck dumping sand.
Sunset Outer
Pacific Telephone Bldg
Elevated view southeast from near Market and 4th toward Bay. Aronson Building (J.B. Crowley, Arnstein Simon & Co. woolen goods signage), Pacific Telephone Building under construction. Rialto Building, Sunset Terminal in background left. At right, M.A. Gunst Building aka Rochester Building (Lansburgh and Joseph, Architects) with Boss of the Road Overalls signage, southwest corner of Mission and 3rd, built 1907.
South of Market
Financial District Aerial
Shell Building at center, Standard Oil, Alexander Building, Russ Building, California Commercial Union Building (315 California). Louis Lurie's Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, demolished 1969) is under construction. Hall of Justice and adjacent County Jail on Portsmouth Square. Old Federal Reserve Bank at right.
South of Market
Geary near Powell
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Reconstruction, new wing of St. Francis Hotel under construction, fire damage, tents in Union Square [St. Francis Hotel #50 Bushnell Foto Co.]
Downtown / Union Square
7th Ave near Irving
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast. 1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, Laguna Honda School. The new school was under construction at the time of the earthquake, the first Laguna Honda School is visible behind the new school. Piles of lumber in street, rubble surrounding building. [Laguna Honda School - 7th & J St. #67 Bushnell Foto Co.]
Sunset Inner
Sutter & Taylor
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, view southeast toward Union Square, Call Building, Whittell Building, St. Francis Hotel north wing under construction at center, First Congregational Church. [Ruins from Sutter and Taylor #5 Bushnell Foto Co.] Same original image as wnp27.7352 with different cropping.
Lower Nob Hill
Geary & Grant
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, view east toward Market, Chronicle Building in distance left, Mutual Savings Bank on right, Palace Hotel in distance center. [6843 Where modern day skyscrapers were tossed like a ship at sea, Newspaper Row, Great Earthquake, San Francisco]
Downtown / Union Square