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Contains 6604 photos

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Golden Gate Park

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Camp 5, in the area of Children's Playground, which was the largest camp in Golden Gate park housing about 3,000 refugees, and where they built a variety of storage supply structures for distribution of food, clothing and kitchen equipment. These long barracks have confused many trying to identify them, because they appear similar to those constructed at Speedway Meadows, Camp 6. They were constructed initially with the idea that families with children could use them, separating families with sheets or partitions that reached up about 7 feet, but were open to the eaves of the building. That proved a disaster as there was grumbling about the noises made by other families, in the structure. They then turned the structures into storage sheds.(JF)[Miles Bros. No. 51]

1906 Golden Gate Park

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Steiner from Sutter

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view north on Steiner Street from Sutter. Ruins of St. Dominic's Church without south spire. Likely just taken down. See wnp37.00145. [Miles Bros #19]

1906 Lower Pacific Heights

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Golden Gate Park

1906 Earthquake and Fire, 1906 refugee camp. Circular tents are army-issue Sibley tents.

1906 Golden Gate Park

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St. Dominic's Church

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Close up showing earthquake damage to main entry. Bush & Steiner streets. Taken after April 18, 1906 earthquake, but before south tower of church was pulled down on May 14, 1906, toppling main entry cross.

1906 Lower Pacific Heights

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Woodward's Gardens

Elevated view over crowds of people around fountain, rotary boat ride, tea house, bandstand, grand stairway, Italian terrace.

1885 Mission

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Woodward's Gardens

Man standing on rotary boat ride on a circular track.

1885 Mission

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Turk near Jones

1906 earthquake and fire, group in horse-drawn buggy in front of ruins of supposedly fireproof 9-story Linda Vista Apartments on the southeast corner of Turk and Jones. Ruins of Siminoff Building on the north side of Golden Gate near Taylor in the background (bent metal framing)

1906 Tenderloin

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Eddy & Mason

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest across intersection to the Poodle Dog Restaurant in ruins (when later rebuilt, it was reduced to 3 floors from 5). In the 1980s it was torn down to become the Ramada Inn. Flood Building at right, Hotel Hamilton at left.

1906 Tenderloin

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Unknown Ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Location unknown. Earthquake and Fire Damage.

1906

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Downtown Ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake and Fire Damage. [Miles Bros #105]

1906

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Market near 4th

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south across ruins of Flood Building at southwest corner of 4th and Market. A group of men stands in front of closed vault doors. In the background are the ruins of the Pioneer Building (Society of California Pioneers) at 4th and Pioneer Place. The United States National Bank was located at 805 Market St. in the Flood Building after April, 1905. It advertised that its safe deposit vaults were conveniently located on the ground floor. Poster on wall for Easton Addition, Burlingame. See also wnp27.6900 (AS) [Miles Bros. #7]]

1906 South of Market

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7th & Mission

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Post Office, Now Ninth Circuit Court of appeals. Sidewalk stretched because ground sank 6 feet. Built on a bog. Built appropriate for its site.

1906 South of Market

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10th & Mission

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Lick Baths, on 10th Street between Mission and Howard. [Miles Bros. #73]

1906 South of Market

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Geary near Webster

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west on Geary between Webster & Fillmore. People posed in the street with stoves and street kitchens, cable car tracks in the street. Ruins of Temple Beth Israel in the background. This is fairly soon after the earthquake, initially cooking was required as far as possible from buildings. Later street kitchens were allowed to move to the sidewalk. (JF) This area completely demolished in redevelopment.

1906 Japantown

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Market near 11th

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to ruins of Church of the Advent on 11th Street, people posed on rubble.

1906 South of Market