Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View East on Geary from Union Square, Food line for workers, Whittell Building under construction, Mutual Savings Bank in distance
Downtown / Union SquareContains 419 photos
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View East on Geary from Union Square, Food line for workers, Whittell Building under construction, Mutual Savings Bank in distance
Downtown / Union Square
Looking east to Ferry Building, piers, ships in bay, Yerba Buena Island. Intersection of Washington and Taylor in foreground. Much reconstruction under way. Chimney of cable car powerhouse and car barn at center, with ruins of Hall of Justice just beyond to right. Sentinel Building (Columbus Tower)at left.
Nob Hill
After 1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south from Nob Hill, approximately Taylor and Pine. Hall of Records and City Hall to right, reconstruction in progress. Post Office & Court of Appeals, St. Boniface Church in middle distance, center. Potrero Hill, Bernal Heights, Mt. San Bruno in background. Jones St. Cable Car at intersection, lower right.
Nob Hill
View east. Cable car approaching photographer has just crossed Stockton St.
Nob Hill
[96] View from embarcadero slightly north of Ferry Building, 5pm. Horse & wagon, streetcar
Financial District
Looking from Foot of Market St, cable cars
Financial District
Tower illuminated at night for PPIE
Financial District
Golden Gate Park. View north across Music Concourse and pedestrian tunnel, with roadway lined with benches, to Memorial Museum. Fine Arts Building for Midwinter Fair was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum. Original sphinxes, Cider Press statue and Dore Vase.
Golden Gate Park
Murphy Windmill (inscription mislabeled)
Golden Gate Park
Carriage circle with fountain, planter urns and statuary, View North
Sutro Heights
View east across University of California Campus. Bacon Art & Library Building at center (Present site of Birge Hall). North Hall at left, South Hall at right. Woman walking toward camera.
Outside SF
1906 Earthquake and Fire, titled houses on South Van Ness (then Howard) just south of 17th Street and a few doors north of the famous 'Drunken Houses'. The house on the right still stands at 635 South Van Ness. 2100 block of Howard, now the 600 block of South Van Ness.
Mission
1906 Earthquake and Fire. Ruins of the front entrance to the Alban Towne Mansion, moved to Golden Gate Park in 1909 as Portals of the Past.
Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Outdoor street kitchen, 9 people, 5 adults and 4 children posing.
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view northeast across Hayes Valley to city burning, from above Buchanan & Waller, Laguna Street crossing at center. Outbuildings of Protestant Orphan Asylum and schoolhouse at left. St. Ignatius Church & College, old City Hall at center. Fairmont Hotel on Nob Hill in distance left.
Mint Hill