Damage

Contains 283 photos

California near Montgomery
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California near Montgomery

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruins of Montgomery Street looking south from California Street. Nevada Bank ruin on right, Safe Deposit Building and Security Savings Bank on left, Mills Building in distance [G45 SEF-010](GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Financial District
Donahue Monument
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Donahue Monument

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast from Market, with temporary railroad tracks, to Donahue Mechanics Monument at Battery & Market Streets. Temporary wooden buildings and tented refreshment stand. Hughson & Merton; G.W. Emmons Co. Safe Moving and Draying. Horizontal. [G45 SEF-023](GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Financial District
California & Montgomery
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California & Montgomery

Parrott Building, or Parrott Block (1852, Architect Stephen Williams), Wells Fargo explosion rubble. Original image, right frame of Watkins stereoview card #789, titled 'Explosion, W.F. & Co.' [April 23, 1866 W. F. & Co. San Francisco Nitro-Glycerine Explosion Parrot Block, NW cor Calif Montgomery St. BU018] [F810 BU-018] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Financial District
Turk near Jones
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Turk near Jones

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake ruins. View southeast. Smokestacks of Old Mint at left center, at right is top of ruins of Siminoff Building, north side of Golden Gate near Taylor. [Wrecked Beal(?) Dist from Turk St near Mkt St SE EF-14] [F810 EF-014] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Tenderloin
Battery & Bush
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Battery & Bush

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast towards fire raging on south side of Market Street in Lachman Block next door to Excelsior Glove Co. (415 Market). Donahue Mechanics Monument, fire pumper engine. Sheldon Block at 1st St. corner. [Showing SE corner 1st Market April 18th 1906 EF-21 61 F] [F810 EF-021] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Financial District
Market near Fremont
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Market near Fremont

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [South side Market St bet 1st & Fremont St. April 18 1906 EF-73] View southwest across Market to earthquake damaged Excelsior Glove Co., Western Saddlery Co. 451 Market, Ike Deutch Cafe. Byron Jackson Machine Works, 411 Market in Lachman Block building at left. [F810 EF-073] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Financial District
Union near Pierce
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Union near Pierce

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Union St. EF-75] View east between Pierce & Steiner. Twisted cable car tracks with repairs underway, subsidence, rubble in streets. [F810 EF-075] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Cow Hollow
Union near Pierce
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Union near Pierce

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Union St. April 18 1906 EF-76] View southeast across Union to soldier standing on broken street and cable car tracks, between Pierce and Steiner 'Chinn-Beretta' Optical sign painted on fence. At left, St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church (1891). [F810 EF-076] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Cow Hollow
Market & Sansome
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Market & Sansome

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north of ruins of Wells Fargo Building on NE corner Market, Sutter & Sansome. [EF-77] Man taking photograph at left. Safe and rubble in the street. Slight view of 1st floor ruins of First National Bank in center behind man at right, at Sansome & Bush. New sign 'Continental Bui...' (Continental Building & Loan?) Rear of Merchants Exchange visible through archway. [F810 EF-077] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Financial District
Battery near Pine
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Battery near Pine

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west to woman and girl amid ruins. Fairmont Hotel background left, Merchants Exchange Bldg. at center [SF April 1906 EF-85] [F810 EF-085] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Financial District
Eddy near Fillmore
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Eddy near Fillmore

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest across Eddy to earthquake damaged Pierce-Rodolph Storage Warehouse. Facade partially collapsed into street exposing furniture and crates. [EF-93] [F810 EF-093] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Western Addition
Sutter near Kearny
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Sutter near Kearny

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east down Sutter to earthquake and fire ruins, man sitting in one empty safe among many other safes scattered in street. In front of Nathan-Dohrmann & Co., large retail store with street clock in front [EF-94] [F810 EF-094] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Downtown / Union Square
Sutter near Kearny
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Sutter near Kearny

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to large group of men searching though safes among the ruins in front of Nathan-Dohrmann & Co., large retail store with street clock in front at far right. [EF-95 1906 photo S.F. 45.] [F810 EF-095] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Downtown / Union Square
Pierce & Waller
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Pierce & Waller

101 Pierce, Northwest corner of Waller in very dilapidated state before restoration; boarded up, burned out. [Restoration--Before; Pierce & Waller]

Lower Haight
Post near Kearny
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Post near Kearny

[O'Conner & Moffatt fire, Post St. 1883 OF-53] View south across Post to mostly destroyed four story building known as Morton House, located at 111-121 Post St. (and 10-20 Morton St.) Fire broke out in the early morning of June 20, 1883 in the building, which housed dry goods concern O'Connor, Moffatt & Co. and which also held a billiard parlor and the Olympic Club (where the fire started in a card room). Building to right is Golden Gate Block, owned by Charles Crocker. [F810 OF-053] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Downtown / Union Square