Downtown Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast toward Market from about Pine and Stockton, Palace Hotel, Chronicle Annex, Mutual Savings Bank, and Call Building at center.
ChinatownDamage
Contains 283 photos
Spreckels Mansion Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest across Van Ness to ruins of Claus Spreckels residence, at Clay St.
Polk Gulch
9th & Brannan
View north on 9th, Lower end of 9th Street and Brannan Post earthquake. Cable car tracks and street buckled. Top of City Hall dome background right- United Railroads [U00820]
Showplace Square
South Van Ness near 18th
View east to earthquake damaged drunken houses along South Van Ness (then Howard) between 17th and 18th. Victorian homes tipped from earthquake, groups of people on sidewalk. Same image as 37.02121, different cropping. [192. Earthquake wrecked buildings on Howard St.]
Mission
Telegraph Hill Ruins
View northwest from roof of Appraisers Building.[Up Telegraph Hill in the Wake of Earthquake and Fire--San Francisco Disaster of April 18, 1906] Duplicate of wnp24.314a.
North Beach
Nob Hill Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to four men in a horse buggy, ruins all around. Flood mansion, Fairmont Hotel in distance [5336 The San Francisco Earthquake, April 18, 1906. Nob Hill and Fairmount (sic) Hotel from Van Ness Avenue. Copyright 1906 by C. H. Graves.]
Tenderloin
Spreckels Mansion
[8194 Claus Spreckels residence, on Van Ness Ave., where the great fire was checked. U-91097] Boy on fence pointing. House burned out.
Polk Gulch
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.
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
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
Hyde & Grove
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruins of City Hall behind Pioneer (James Lick) Monument in original location. Five men sit on curb and wooden chairs. Furniture and trunks behind. (Duplicate of wnp24.0159a.)
Civic Center
Valencia & 18th
[8729 Valencia St., which sunk four feet, breaking a great water main, San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A. Copyright 1906 by H. C. White Co.] View south to men strolling around earthquake desolation and giant hole between cable car tracks. Bernal Heights in background.
Mission
Sutter near Kearny
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [8234-Opening safes from the great business buildings wrecked by earthquake, San Francisco, Cal. Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood. U-91606] View east on Sutter to large group of men gathered around many safes in street in front of ruins of Nathan-Dohrmann & Co., large retail store with street clock in front.
Downtown / Union Square