Contains 283 photos
View north from center of Powell soon after catastrophe, with rubble filling the street. St. Francis Hotel in distance, Flood Building at right. At left, ruins of building that housed the Columbia Theatre. [Looking up Powell St. from Market. 11]
Downtown / Union Square
View north across Jessie to Old South Office of Pacific Telephone Co, gutted after 1906 earthquake and fire. [212]
South of Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest across New Montgomery to 1906 earthquake ruins, refugees gathered around makeshift table in street. Ruins of 4 story Pacific Telephone Building behind them (site of later Pacific Telephone skyscraper). Ruins of Rialto Building at right. Very faintly in background left are Call Building and Mutual Savings Bank Building.
South of Market
[Wrecked Bldg. on Golden Gate Ave., 34] 1906 Earthquake and Fire, earthquake damage to Siminoff Building on the north side of Golden Gate near Taylor, Same building as in wnp27.3700 and 27.3703, with ads for Hammam Baths at 2354 Pine, Maude Adams engagement at Van Ness Theater (Theater opened March, 1907), Tacoma Beer with cats.
Tenderloin
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to Montgomery Block, Sentinel Building (Columbus Tower), and ruins of Hall of Justice on Portsmouth Square in background center. After 1906 earthquake, people walking among ruins.
North Beach
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruins of the Spreckels Mansion. Same image as wnp4.1580. [EF-107] [G810 EF-107] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Polk Gulch
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast across ruins to Grace Church. [EF-109] [G810 EF-109] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Nob Hill
View southeast across intersection to ruins of Grace Church. Mills Building, bay in background left. Dome of Call Building background right. [G810 EF-122] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Nob Hill
View northeast across Larkin past ruins of City Hall. Hall of Records and rebuilt St. Boniface Church (1908) at right. [G810 EF-123] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Civic Center
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east across 11th to ruins of the Church of the Advent (Episcopalian) after the earthquake and fire. (G810 EF-136) (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
South of Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Street view of ruins with debris covering street. Looking east to Ferry Building tower (with repair scaffolding) in distance. (G810 EF-140) (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Financial District
View from Nob Hill southeast past earthquake ruins to reconstruction. Towne Mansion portal (later moved to Golden Gate Park), Chronicle Annex, Shreve Building, Temple Emanu-el with reconstructed shorter towers, Mutual Savings Bank building, Call building, Whittell Building, Spring Valley Water Co. Building, Butler Building on Union Square, Humboldt Bank Building. At right, Union Square building and wing of St. Francis Hotel under construction at far right. [G57 SEF-031] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest past silhouetted columns and earthquake ruins of City Hall after earthquake. Cathedral Hill in background center. [G57 SEF-035] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Civic Center
Elevated view of Rail Road House (at 316-320 Commercial, but entry also on Clay), S. P. Taylor & Co. (paper) and six other buildings on the south side of Clay between Front and Battery after earthquake. Rubble, shoring up of facades. [TEH209 Clay St. earthquake Oct. 21 1868] [G57 SSS-010] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Financial District
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruins of California Street, view east from above Kearny. Merchants Exchange Building at center, behind Safe Deposit Building before demolition of upper floors. In distance center, Mutual Life Insurance Building at Sansome corner. [G45 SEF-009](GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Chinatown