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View north toward Eddy Street. Panorama of Chutes in the Western Addition from inside. Merry-go-round, carousel. The large concrete building at center is the Chutes Theatre ( later known as the Lyric and the American) . Rebuilt Pierce-Rodolph Storage Warehouse on Eddy near Fillmore Street in background.
Western Addition
Under construction with siding partly installed.
Sutro Heights
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south through arch of Corinthian columns of ruined apartment building to wrecked City Hall and Dome. Hall of Records at left. The building was under construction at the time of the earthquake and fire. Construction had gotten only as far as partial completion of the walls for the first floor and completed later as the Cornelia Apartments, 641 O'Farrell, extant 2018.
Tenderloin
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Adjusters of the San Francisco Fire. San Francisco City Hall. Photo by Shaw & Shaw, Oakland, CA] Insurance adjusters in front of ruins
Civic Center
Panorama of construction of Chutes in the Western Addition from inside.
Western Addition
Crowd of bathers around and on diving platform and diving boards.
Lakeshore
Aerial view east on Geary Boulevard to Bay and Yerba Buena Island. Laurel Hill Cemetery (left), Calvary Cemetery. Lone Mountain College for Women (Now USF), Ewing Field (right), Roosevelt Junior High (now Middle) School, Columbarium (bottom).
Richmond Inner
Aerial looking southeast. Left to right: Sutro Baths, Gift Shop, Cliff House, Sutro Heights, Point Lobos Ave, Ocean Beach, Playland, Outer Richmond District, Great Highway & Esplanade, Golden Gate Park. Seal Rocks at lower right. Duplicate of wnp4.0607.
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Outdoor class with children. Golden Gate Park?
Friedrich Hilsz Western Bakery 2441 address. Millinery store. Italianate townhouse and grocery. View south. Horsecar tracks for the Sutter Street Railway Lone Mountain line.
Pacific Heights
Convertible automobile promotion shot on Turk street. Nationals militia Hall on Eddy in background. (Militias were de-armed in 1912.)
Cathedral Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view southwest across Market to 3rd and Market Streets. Smoke pouring from upper stories of Call Building, other buildings on south side of Market, including Bancroft History Building, show earthquake damage. 700 Market building on right with Hale Dental Co. and projecting electric "Dentist" sign. Hearst Examiner Building on left. Fire hoses in street, Lotta's Fountain at bottom.
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, 1906 refugee tents in park. Looking west to homes lining Laguna St.. Home on corner of Laguna and Washington is still standing.
Pacific Heights
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking southeast. Fairmont Hill. Grace Church. Earthquake ruins. Mailbox.
Nob Hill
Old man sits outside a shed with his dog by his side. Bicycle leans up against the building. Lumber debris, house behind bushes at right.