Fire

Contains 593 photos

Oakland Hills Fire
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Oakland Hills Fire

View from Tank Hill, smoke filling the sky

Ashbury Heights
Call Building
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Call Building

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Call bldg. burning. Burned via elevator. Looking from Post & Kearny

South of Market
View of Earthquake & Fire
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View of Earthquake & Fire

Probably view east from Western Addition. Eddy St?

Alamo Square
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Alamo Square

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View of 1906 fire downtown from Alamo Square. People sitting on grass, refugee wagons on Fulton Street.

Alamo Square
View from Corona Heights
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View from Corona Heights

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to downtown. [Great San Francisco Fire on the Second Day, 19th April 1906]. Site of McKinley School at Castro and 14th, and German Hospital (later Franklin, CPMC Davies) under construction at center. the future Mint Hill at center.

Corona Heights
Fire from Russian Hill
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Fire from Russian Hill

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Around 4:00 pm. View southeast from Russian Hill, Appraisers Building, Columbus Tower (Sentinel Building), Hall of Justice on Portsmouth Square, Kohl Building, Merchant's Exchange [San Francisco In Flames. Copyrighted 1906 by A.L. Murat S.F. Cal.]

Russian Hill
Fire from Dolores Heights
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Fire from Dolores Heights

1906 fire after the earthquake, possibly from Dolores Heights?

Kearny near Post
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Kearny near Post

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to dynamiting of Masonic Hall ruins, Post & Montgomery. Union Trust, Crocker Buildings Duplicate of wnp27.2591. #1212

Downtown / Union Square
Fire from Nob Hill
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Fire from Nob Hill

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to City burning in distance from Nob Hill. Call Building left center, Temple Emanu-el, Whittell Building under construction

Nob Hill
View from Montgomery near Bush
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View from Montgomery near Bush

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view southwest to approaching fire from South of Market. From left, Crocker Building, Mondadnock Building, Chronicle Building and Annex, Mutual Savings Bank Building. At lower left Masonic Temple with partially collapsed north wall. At lower center, Mechanics Institute, 31 Post built 1866, showing earthquake damage to east wall. [No. 28. Fire. Third and Mission]

Downtown / Union Square
Grace Church ruins
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Grace Church ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [No. 126. Ruins of the Grace Church.] View south on California near Stockton.

Chinatown
California near Powell
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California near Powell

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast down California from Nob Hill grounds of Mark Hopkins Insitute of Art. Crowd gathered at Powell intersection to watch. Fairmont Hotel, Stanford stable at left, Old St. Mary's in distance, Stanford Mansion at right. Fire approaching. #507

Nob Hill
Mission & 1st
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Mission & 1st

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest from corner to west side of First. Buildings collapsed from quake. Michael O'Brien Mill Machinery, 140-44 First at Minna #508

South of Market
Downtown Ruins
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Downtown Ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Post-fire. [No. 33. South from Telegraph Hill.] Corner of Montgomery & Broadway at left.

North Beach
Market near Fremont
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Market near Fremont

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast across Market toward south side of Market at Fremont. Liquor wholesalers building burning

Financial District