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Contains 6604 photos

7th & Market
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7th & Market

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest across Market to ruins of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Building after the earthquake and fire. Its replacement opened on the same site in June, 1910. [Miles Bros. #127]

Tenderloin
Capp near 17th
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Capp near 17th

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to S. Van Ness (then Howard) from burned out block on Capp. Houses were built on top of Mission Creek. None of these houses survived.

Mission
Chinatown
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Chinatown

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking east toward Hall of Justice from Grant Ave

Chinatown
Capp near 17th
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Capp near 17th

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View North on Capp Street near 17th, Buckled and subsided sidewalks, large burned area. Temporary tracks laid by Ocean Shore Railway Company to carry debris. [Miles Bros. #109]

Mission
18th near Guerrero
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18th near Guerrero

The Palace Foto Car, O.H. Mattley Prop. 3606 18th Street.

Mission Dolores
Sutter & Steiner
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Sutter & Steiner

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Duplicate of wnp37.01448. Elevated view north on Steiner from Sutter Street. Crowd likely gathering for demolition of south tower of St. Dominic's Church on May 14, 1906. See wnp.37.00126 for photo on same day but after tower demolition. [Miles Bros #14]

Lower Pacific Heights
Union Square
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Union Square

View northwest across Square to north side of Post, Trinity Episcopal Church, National Guard Armory, Pacific Business College, Union Club (Walkerley Building). [Union Club 390]

Downtown / Union Square
Van Ness & Post
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Van Ness & Post

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest across intersection to The Emporium, temporary location very soon after 1906 Earthquake and Fire. Signage reading "First to Rebuild". 1201 Van Ness, NW corner at Post. Converted from what was originally the Abraham E. Hecht (1838-1898) residence, with one story addition along both street frontages.

Cathedral Hill
View of Earthquake & Fire
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View of Earthquake & Fire

Probably view east from Western Addition. Eddy St?

Chinatown
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Chinatown

Vendor on corner with men standing around. Grant Avenue and Sacramento?

Chinatown
Alamo Square
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Alamo Square

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View of 1906 fire downtown from Alamo Square. People sitting on grass, refugee wagons on Fulton Street.

Alamo Square
View from Corona Heights
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View from Corona Heights

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to downtown. [Great San Francisco Fire on the Second Day, 19th April 1906]. Site of McKinley School at Castro and 14th, and German Hospital (later Franklin, CPMC Davies) under construction at center. the future Mint Hill at center.

Corona Heights
Music Concourse
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Music Concourse

1906 Earthquake and Fire. Spreckels Temple of Music in Golden Gate Park, damaged by 1906 earthquake. [Music Stand after the Shock Lipman Foto 17]

Golden Gate Park
Sutter near Kearny
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Sutter near Kearny

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Opening Safes on Sutter Street. [Miles Bros 77] View east to ruins of Nathan-Dohrmann & Co. store with street clock in front, a very large retail store at 122-132 Sutter. 11 men surround multiple safes. Mills Building visible at left.

Downtown / Union Square
Market near 9th
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Market near 9th

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to ruins of City Hall after 1906 earthquake [#10] From Market Street. St. Boniface Church ruins in background right.

South of Market