Golden Gate Park
1906 damage to Sharon Building. #1215
Golden Gate ParkCopy Negative
Contains 6604 photos
View from Montgomery near Bush
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view southwest to approaching fire from South of Market. From left, Crocker Building, Mondadnock Building, Chronicle Building and Annex, Mutual Savings Bank Building. At lower left Masonic Temple with partially collapsed north wall. At lower center, Mechanics Institute, 31 Post built 1866, showing earthquake damage to east wall. [No. 28. Fire. Third and Mission]
Downtown / Union Square
Grace Church ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [No. 126. Ruins of the Grace Church.] View south on California near Stockton.
Chinatown
California near Powell
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast down California from Nob Hill grounds of Mark Hopkins Insitute of Art. Crowd gathered at Powell intersection to watch. Fairmont Hotel, Stanford stable at left, Old St. Mary's in distance, Stanford Mansion at right. Fire approaching. #507
Nob Hill
Mission & 1st
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest from corner to west side of First. Buildings collapsed from quake. Michael O'Brien Mill Machinery, 140-44 First at Minna #508
South of Market
Downtown Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Post-fire. [No. 33. South from Telegraph Hill.] Corner of Montgomery & Broadway at left.
North Beach
Market near Fremont
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast across Market toward south side of Market at Fremont. Liquor wholesalers building burning
Financial District
California near Leidesdorff
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east on California toward Sansome. Pumper truck in middle of California., Mutual Life Insurance Company Building (corner of Sansome) in flames.
Financial District
California near Leidesdorff
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east on California toward Sansome. Pumper truck in middle of California., Mutual Life Insurance Company Building (corner of Sansome) in flames at right. Friedlander building at left.
Financial District
Mason near Market
Elevated view north on Mason from Market. Hotel Inverness, Tivoli Opera House, Gen. Arthur Cigar ad, Fairmont Hotel in distance. The date range for this photo is the production of Florodora, which played for the first time in SF at the Tivoli, from April 9, 1905 through May 7, 1905, and did not have a follow up run before the 1906 earthquake and fire. The Metropole lodging house is on the left of the photo. The Hotel Inverness was completed in early 1904. Pacific Shirt Co., Drs. Kergan & Kergan Electric Sanitarium, J.J. Gildea Outfitters, Cohn Bros. Jewelers, The Diamond House, 1034 Market.[No. 15. Mason St. north from Market]
Tenderloin
1906 Downtown Damage
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [No. 74. S.V.W.W. Building Stockton & Geary] View southeast across Stockton to Spring Valley Water Works Co. & City of Paris Building, Marchand Building. Butler Building at far right. Wet streets.
Downtown / Union Square
Old City Hall in ruins
View northwest to 1906 Earthquake Damage, from City Hall Avenue and Marshall Square (near the present intersection of Grove and Hyde)[No. 70 City Hall] Pioneer (James Lick) Monument (in original location) just off camera to left.
Civic Center
Golden Gate Park
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugee tents in front of McLaren Lodge.
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
Illustration: 'Bird's-eye View of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, 1892]
Golden Gate Park
1906 Downtown Damage
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [No. 91.] View down California from Fairmont Hotel. Ferry Building at left, Grace Church at center. Kohl, Merchants Exchange and Mills Buildings along Montgomery St.
Nob Hill