Damage

Contains 283 photos

Fulton near Larkin
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Fulton near Larkin

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to ruins of City Hall dome; refugees; Fulton House on corner. (Present day civic center plaza)

Civic Center
6th near Market
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6th near Market

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Hale Bros. Market & 6th Sts. Stores.] View north to ruins of Hale Bros. Department Store 6th St. annex left and rear of Market St. store right.

South of Market
San Leandro
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San Leandro

[#209 T.E. Hecht 2321 Cal. St. Earthquake 1868] Children and women posing in front of earthquake damaged two story brick building with well beside. View of Estudillo residence in San Leandro after October 21, 1868 earthquake.

Outside SF
South Van Ness near 17th
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South Van Ness near 17th

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Copyright 1906 by Clinton Johnson 180] View north to east side of South Van Ness (then Howard) toward 'Drunken Houses' between 17th and 18th. Victorian homes tipped from earthquake, groups of people on sidewalk. Same image as wnp37.00894-L, different cropping. [192. Earthquake wrecked buildings on Howard St.]

Mission
South Van Ness near 18th
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South Van Ness near 18th

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Copyright 1906 by Clinton Johnson 193] View north from center of present South Van Ness (then Howard) from near 18th Street. Bent streetcar tracks, 'Drunken Houses' tilted from earthquake on right. Published as stereoview card with title 'Effect of Earthquake on Street Car Tracks'.

Mission
3rd & Howard
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3rd & Howard

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast across Howard to men and woman sitting on a mattress with belongings on 3rd Street sidewalk. Howard Street Methodist Episcopal Church ruins at Howard and Hawthorne in background. [Copyright 1906 by Clinton Johnson 39][ Originally from stereocard with this erroneous caption "Old First Baptist Church opposite the Mint"]

South of Market
City Hall Ruins
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City Hall Ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest to man and woman standing in pile of rubble in Marshall Square (City Hall Square), with the southwest corner of the ruins of City Hall in the background. [Copyright 1906 by Clinton Johnson 45]

Civic Center
Harbor View
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Harbor View

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ground subsidence next to a lake. [Published as stereoview with caption Earthquake results on waterfront] [Copyright 1906 by Clinton Johnson 52]

Presidio
Earthquake ruins
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Earthquake ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Copyright 1906 by Clinton Johnson 60] view northeast across 6th Street near Mission. Flood building in background right. [Ruins of Wholesale district Market St]

South of Market
California near Taylor
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California near Taylor

[No 165 San Francisco rising from Ruins April 18 1907] View southeast to ruins of Alban Towne Mansion and Portals of the Past portico, later moved to Golden Gate Park. California St cable car tracks in street. Chronicle Annex, Shreve Building, Mutual Savings Bank, Temple Emanu-el with shorter reconstructed towers, Call Building, Whittell building, Humboldt Savings Bank Building, Butler Building. Flood Building, St. Francis Hotel annex under construction.

Nob Hill
Kearny & Post
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Kearny & Post

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [25] View south to Flannery Building, Call Building, Mutual Savings Bank, Chronicle Building in ruins.

Downtown / Union Square
Flood Building
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Flood Building

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [A 74 Flood Bldg. Ellis & Powell] Elevated view southeast toward Ellis & Powell, gutted after fire.

Downtown / Union Square
10th & Natoma
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10th & Natoma

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruins of James Lick Baths [Lick Baths 21 Aydelotte Photo]

South of Market
Downtown Reconstruction
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Downtown Reconstruction

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view southwest, possibly from Merchant's Exchange. French Savings Bank Building (110 Sutter) Chronicle Annex, Mutual Savings Bank Building, Humboldt Bank Building under construction, City Hall in background. San Francisco Stock and Exchange building in lower foreground (Bush near Montgomery), Pacific Telephone Building (445 Bush) at right, with St. Francis Hotel behind. [DEM]

Financial District
4th & Market
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4th & Market

Elevated view to southwest of Pacific building under construction [Pacific Building 6.26.07]

Downtown / Union Square