Midwinter Fair
Scenic Railway ride at 1894 Midwinter Fair in Golden Gate Park. Firth Wheel in background.
Golden Gate ParkDemolished
Contains 7898 photos
Post & Powell
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north through ruins of Boericke & Runyon homeopathic pharmacy, 330 Post, after the 1906 earthquake.[Fairmont Hotel Looking from Union Square. #32 Bushnell Foto Co.] Portion of Temple Emanu-el at right.
Downtown / Union Square
City Hall
View northwest to south colonnade section of old City Hall complex, before construction of dome atop this structure completed in 1897. View across City Hall Avenue, which no longer exists. Omnibus Cable Railroad Car #12. Same image as wnp71.1571, different cropping.
Civic Center
Kearny near Clay
View northeast across Kearny to crowded street scene. Merchant Street at center. Building with dark bunting on first story. Buildings on left, the former City Hall and Hall of Records, became the site of the Hall of Justice (built between 1896 and 1900). No streetcar wires or utility poles.
Chinatown
Midwinter Fair
Golden Gate Park. Bonet Electric Tower. Fine Arts Building in background left. Originally constructed for 1894 Midwinter Fair, it was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum.
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair. View northeast to Firth Wheel (ended up at Merrie Way near Sutro Baths). Santa Barbara Building at left, Dante's Inferno at right.
Golden Gate Park
17th & York
View south across 17th Street from Franklin Square. Crowd kneeling in gated yard and during outdoor Catholic church service at 2611 17th Street (then the southeast corner of 17th and York, later site of 17th St. car barn). Service was held on the Sunday following the earthquake and fire, led by Rev. Father Patrick Mulligan. Bernal Heights in the distance, building in distance at right may be Union Brewery at 18th and Florida Sts. The 1905 directory lists this as the home of attorney and former Sheriff John J. McDade and capitalist Richard O'Neill. [Holding Service in the Open Air, 17th & Bryant Sts.]
Mission
Market near Sansome
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west down Market St. Ruins of Grand Hotel, Palace Hotel, Call Bldg., Crocker Bldg., Postal Telegraph (original Hobart) Bldg. Starting to run electric streetcars on cable car tracks. [View from ferry looking up Market St. #39 Bushnell Foto Co.]
Financial District
Grant & Market
View east to GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) Arch. Through the arch is the Nucleus Hotel.
Downtown / Union Square
29th Street Car House
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Clock Tower/Gable fell in Earthquake. [The Old Funeral Car - Scene in 29th St Carhouse caused by the terrible earthquake]
Bernal Heights
City Hall
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Before City Hall Burned, morning of April 18th.
Civic Center
Leland Stanford's Mansion
View south across California Street to Leland Stanford, Sr. Mansion (later site of the Stanford Court Apartments and Stanford Court Hotel). S.C. Bugbee and Son, architects. Mark Hopkins mansion at right. Spires of Temple Emanu El on Sutter Street in distance left.
Nob Hill
Woodward's Gardens
Elevated view over crowds of people around fountain, rotary boat ride, tea house, bandstand, grand stairway, Italian terrace.
Mission
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.
Tenderloin
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.
Japantown