Contains 2374 photos
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake and fire, Lachman Block at southwest corner Fremont & Market burning, Byron Jackson Pumps 411 Market ; Excelsior Glove Company 415 Market St. Stone face of Samuel Lachman, fallen from facade, is visible in rubble on street in front of building. See wnp27.0875.
Financial District
Elevated view south. Chinese Parade from Grant & Jackson; children in white sailor suits marching. Crowds line Grant. Old St. Mary's in distance.
Chinatown
Chinese Parade viewed from Grant and Jackson; Band and Chinese flag
Chinatown
President Harding Funeral looking east from Market & Third Sts.
Downtown / Union Square
View northeast from intersection to parade to celebrate opening of Argonaut Bay (now Maritime Museum). Comstock locomotive J.W. Bowker took passengers to this location, where they switched to where they transferred to horse car from Sutter St. line. People in period dress pose for photographers. Purpose of event was to raise funds for proposed Argonaut Bay Roundhouse at Aquatic Park, displaying historic rolling stock. The roundhouse was never built. Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop in background. Yale Luggage Shop, Terminal Jewelry Co. at left.
Financial District
View northeast from center of Market to marchers in May Day parade; Rialto Billiards, Museum of Live Human Freaks; The Grapevine; John's Steak Shop, Hotel Shaw, Paramount Theatre, Warfield Theatre.
Civic Center
Men dressed up; Manitou Tribe 128, I.O.R.M.(Improved Order of Red Men)
Opening day at the San Mateo/Hayward Bridge (then known as the San Francisco Bay Toll Bridge), 3:30pm. View of the toll plaza, then on the San Mateo (future Foster City) side, mud flats and tidal marshes and 5 biplanes
Outside SF
Line waiting for Denhard's Market, 701 10th Avenue, to open. March 1, 1943 was the beginning of World War II's 'Ration Book Two,' which added more restricted items and a new set of stamps to match the purchase. Golden Gate Park in background
Richmond Inner
Crowd of Chinese Men and Children awaiting news of Boxer Rebellion, in front of Ning Yung Association, 23 Waverly Place, Yuen Fat & Co., Quong On Chong & Co. (23 Waverly in 1895 directory).[11659. Reading the war news--in Chinatown]
Chinatown
Mayor James Rolph speaking at the dedication of the General John J. Pershing Statue on Armistice Day, November 11, 1922.
Golden Gate Park
Sunny Jim Rolph's funeral in Rotunda
Civic Center
View north toward a fire at 889 Clayton Street, between Carl and Parnassus [1 of 12 fires, at the latest report, that have caused danage exceeeding $100,000 here today (5/8) is shown being brought under control by 150 firemen and over a dozen pieces of equipment. This three-alarmer almost completely destroyed one three-story home and caused considerable damage to one on either side...]
Cole Valley
View south to Muni collision K-Line #132 and #14?. Mrs. Lillian Edwards, operator of the inbound car, is at left explaining to MUNI official that the switch failed to open for her, throwing her car against the outbound car, tipping it over.
Merced Manor
View north on Fillmore from Sutter, the first streetcar running 10 days after the earthquake. The car ran from the Fillmore and Turk barn north to Broadway, then turned around came back down Fillmore with Mayor Eugene Schmitz at the controls. (not sure this is the first trip based on the afternoon light.) [First Car on Fillmore Street after the Earthquake Fire, 1906]
Lower Pacific Heights