3rd & Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south across Market to Hearst Building in ruins, Call Building at right. [Ruins of the Examiner, Copyright 1906 Pillsbur [sic] Picture Co. No. 72]
Downtown / Union SquareDemolished
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Old City Hall Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view north up 8th Street to ruins of old City Hall. Pioneer Monument in Marshall Square in foreground.
South of Market
Van Ness near Bay
1906 Earthquake and Fire, 3000 block of Van Ness Avenue near Bay Street. Eggs being distributed to a crowd by US Navy Sailors. All of these buildings had to be demolished or moved to make way for the PPIE. The apartment building at far right was moved to 1515 Greenwich St, and still stands. At extreme left, barely visible, is a house that was moved to 1232-1234 Chestnut St; it also still stands.
Marina
Sutter & Polk
1906 Earthquake and Fire, smokestack and ruins of Sutter Street Cable Railway powerhouse [Power House, Sutter & Polk Sts. #?]
Lower Nob Hill
Fremont Near Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View South on Fremont from Market, remains of the Lachman Block in street, which is filled with debris. [S. on Fremount (Sic) St.]
Financial District
Union Trust Building
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View East on Post toward Montgomery, Ruins of Masonic Temple, Union Trust building on northeast corner (demolished circa 1965)[?R. Bldg., New Montgomery & Market St. #?]
Downtown / Union Square
Midwinter Fair
1894 Midwinter Fair, Golden Gate Park. Elevated view south across present Music Concourse and Columbus Statue to Mechanical Arts Building. Firth Wheel background left. (colorized)
Golden Gate Park
Kearny & Merchant
[City Hall, Kearny Street opposite Portsmouth Square, 1857] (glass copy) Pillsbury Picture Co.
Chinatown
Spreckels Mansion Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest across Van Ness to ruins of Claus Spreckels residence, at Clay St.
Polk Gulch
Golden Gate Park
Old Memorial Museum on Music Concourse, two small children posing. Originally built as the Fine Arts Building for the 1894 Midwinter Fair, it later became the city's Memorial Museum, and finally part of the de Young Museum. (Presence of only one sphinx dates photo to between May 1905, when one of the sphinxes was removed, and April 18, 1906, when museum was severely damaged during earthquake.)
Golden Gate Park
Oakland City Hall
Looking north on Washington St. Signs and decorations for Kahn's Harvest Sale at right. (colorized)
Outside SF
Sutter & Broderick
View west on Sutter from Broderick. Buildings at right (north side) mostly still stand. The block on the left demolished for public housing. Sutter Street cable tracks in street, Laurel Hill Cemetery in distance. Liquor store on corner at left. [Whithing Case] - United Railroads [U00170]
Lower Pacific Heights
4th & Howard
Looking north toward Market Street. In the far distance you can see the St Francis Hotel, Academy of Sciences and Pioneer Hall. At far left, New Golden Gate Hotel 164 4th Street. Saloon with Wunder Beer sign at right at Natoma St. corner. [Rerailing 4th St between Howard & Mission]. . - United Railroads [U00457]
South of Market
Van Ness & Sacramento
[Van Ness & Sacramento] View across cable car tracks to SE corner. First Presbyterian Church (old 1st Church). - United Railroads (one of these) [U00600]
Polk Gulch
Fulton & 9th Ave
View east on Fulton from 9th Avenue, remnants of Beertown on the left, Golden Gate Park on the right. [Fulton street East from 9th] - United Railroads [U01286]
Richmond Inner