Contains 39 photos
Army fighter plane crash and fire. View southeast of first block of Alexander Avenue between Roosevelt and Templeton Avenues. Fire engines, hoses, and debris from crash. 73 Alexander Avenue collapsed and smoldering. San Bruno Mountain in distance on right. Negative 6 of 10 from event.
Outside SF
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Embarcadero (then East) at Market. 1906 Earthquake and Fire, Italianate Victorian collapsing while burning, Magnolia Cafe, Naval Recruiting Office. Water pumped on structure.
Financial District
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Fire pump/firemen; horse and wagon, Wood & Co. in ruins, fire approaching, Mahoney political sign
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
5-alarm fire at the headquarters of Goodwill Industries, 1025 Howard St. in the former Howard Street Methodist Episcopal Church, southwest corner of Howard Street at Harriet. Apartment building at left still stands.
South of Market
View northwest to firetrucks parked on Larkin Street near Fulton. Construction of State Office Building (later Earl Warren Building) in background [dpwbook30 dpw7399]
Civic Center
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east on California toward Sansome. Pumper truck in middle of California., Mutual Life Insurance Company Building (corner of Sansome) in flames at right. Friedlander building at left.
Financial District
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Market of buildings burning, fire hoses, pumper, Admissions Day (Native Sons) Monument, Flood Building, Call Building, Emporium, remaining archway of Emma Spreckels Building (hand colorized) [Market St. from 5th]
Tenderloin
[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
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View South on Franklin at Locust. National Shoeing Co, Firemen hosing flames, Genthe Photos [SC59]
Civic Center
[City burning beyond the Merchants Exchange. Copyright 1906 Pillsbury Picture Co. no. 129] View northeast from near Pine and Powell. From left Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building, San Francisco Savings Union (California & Spring), Kohl Building, Merchants Exchange Building, Goldberg Bowen Grocery on Pine St.
Nob Hill
View east on California to fire being fought in distance, hoses in street. California Packing, 101 California on right aka Calpac, now Del Monte Foods. Mobilgas sign atop Fife Building, Southern Pacific Building in distance. Standard service station at left.
Financial District
Elevated view southwest across Market from Geary, showing large crowd watching fire on south side of Market between 3rd and 4th. Appears to be the fire of April 30, 1886, that destroyed the Bancroft Building (seen just above the stream of water in the distance) and several adjacent buildings. Lotta's Fountain in foreground. At left, Philadelphia Boot & Shoe Co., 10 3rd Street, J.H. Widber druggist 701 Market, Wm. R. Gallagher Furniture 705 Market.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view north across Union Square from Geary. Volunteer Firemen posing in Union Square, Small portion of Trinity Episcopal Church, National Guard Armory, Temple Emanu-El, Pacific Business College, Walkerley Building (1886) on corner of Post and Stockton. Fire engine with "EXEMPT" in large letters at right. Plank sidewalk on Geary.
Downtown / Union Square
In front of Exempt Fire House on Brenham Place (Walter U. Lum) [Engine No. 49, First Fire Engine used in San Francisco ... Brought around Cape Horn to SF in the year 1849. FB-3] Hand operated pumper engine [F810 FD-003] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) Source is illustration from 'The Exempt Firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record', 1900, P. 6. "Cal. Photo. Eng. Co." has been written over at lower left corner.
Chinatown