North Beach ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Men with large basins digging and salvaging metal pans, pots, and silver. Brick wall behind and building ruins. Ruins of Sentinel Building, Hall of Justice in background.
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Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to ruins on Post Street [8197-Homeless among the ruins of former wealth - crude shelters in Union Square, San Francisco, Cal. Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood] Old man in rocking chair, park green and tents, building ruins behind.
Downtown / Union Square
Earthquake ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view northeast from Van Ness near Pine to Nob Hill, Clay Street Tank in distance right. [8191-Nob Hill, from which wealth and splendor were driven by the great fire - San Francisco, Cal. Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood U-91102] Granite staircase, fence, with ruins behind.
Polk Gulch
Fairmont Hotel
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking west from California St. [8192-Skeleton of the famous Fairmount Hotel, gutted by the great fire, San Francisco, Cal.] Fairmont Hotel, cable car tracks, earthquake ruins.
Nob Hill
Jefferson Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest over earthquake refugee camp with tents to Sacred Heart Church in distance. Clothing distribution, women standing around piles of clothes. [8732, Distributing clothes to the destitute, Refugee Camp, Lafayette Sq., San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A.] Other image from this stereoview card at wnp24.0105a. (Description from from original stereoview incorrectly identifies the location as Lafayette Park - DG)
Cathedral Hill
Mayor Schmitz
[8236-Mayor Schmitz, on his rounds of untiring labors to relieve his stricken city, San Francisco, Cal. Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood. U-91583] Schmitz driving car with women and man as passengers.
North Beach Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to Telegraph Hill St. Francis of Assisi church amid ruins at center. [8710 A desolate and forbidding scene - Telegraph Hill from Nob Hill, San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A. Copyright 1906 by H. C. White Co.]
Nob Hill
Capp near 17th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View North on Capp Street near 17th, Buckled Sidewalks [8714 Great cracks in street and settling sidewalks, Capp Street, San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A. Copyright 1906 by H. C. White Co.] Broken sidewalks, sunken street, automobile, wagon, ruins.
Mission
Post & Kearny
[8707 A fire engine caught and crushed by a falling wall, Post St., San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A. Copyright 1906 by H. C. White Co.] View northeast. Crushed fire engine. Building rubble, damaged buildings. Right frame of stereoview.
Downtown / Union Square
1906 downtown ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [8701 General view of burned area, Market St. on left) from Ferry Tower, San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A. Copyright 1906 by H. C. White Co.] Earthquake ruins
Financial District
Van Ness near Clay
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [8271-Looking south on Van Ness Avenue where the great fire was checked. San Francisco, Cal. Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood. U-91583] Street kitchen, pup tents, men in horse-pulled wagon. Ruins behind.
Pacific Heights
Ruins from Ferry Building
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view west from Ferry Building tower scaffolding over wholesale district, Nob Hill Fairmont Hotel, Appraiser's Building in distance, earthquake ruins and early reconstruction.[8280-Fairmount Hotel and Nob Hill, west from Ferry Bldg. Tower over miles of ruins, San Francisco, Cal. Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood. U-91730]
Financial District
View from Telegraph Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, 1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest to man posing with earthquake ruins and skyline behind, from left, Chronicle Annex, Call and Mutual Savings Bank Buildings, Whittell Building, Hall of Justice, Old St. Mary's, Grace Church. Sentinel /Columbus Tower under construction. From about Montgomery and Montague. [8284-From Telegraph Hill S.W. over the great ruined business section, San Francisco, Cal. Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood. U-91721] Same image, different cropping as wnp24.324a.
Telegraph Hill
Earthquake Refugees
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [8269-Looking for lost treasures in the miles of ruins - San Francisco after the great disaster - Cal. Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood. U-91593.] Two women amid ruins of brick building.
Pierce near Green
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on Pierce between Green and Vallejo. 1906 Earthquake & Fire, people cooking in the street. street kitchen. Across the street from Casebolt House. [8273-Life in San Francisco after the great disaster - cooking in the streets - Cal. Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood. U-91596]
Pacific Heights