California near Leidesdorff
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.
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California near Leidesdorff
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
Market & 5th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Market Street. Call Building on fire after 1906 earthquake. Crowds watching across street from Emporium department store. [No. 3]
Downtown / Union Square
Haight near Steiner
Midtown Theatre (Originally the Riviera). 562 Haight. Firefighters climbing facade on ladder from truck, hoses in street. Fire caused closing of the theatre, which later reopened as a church.
Lower Haight
Palace Hotel Burning
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Burning on April 18, 1906. View southwest across Market to New Montgomery intersection and Palace Hotel, with Grand Hotel at left. Same original image as wnp37.01186. [E.F. Ford, Palace Hotel, Copyright 1906, 'Sunday July 6, 1906, With best wishes from Jack, wife and little daughter, J. Edwards']
Financial District
View of 1906 Fire
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast from Alamo Square, after earthquake. Smoke in distance, lots of people sitting on lawn, refugee wagons on Fulton Street..
Alamo Square
View of 1906 Fire
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east from what was later dubbed Mint Hill. Market Street in foreground. Same original image as wnp37.00172. [Fire in the Mission]
Mint Hill
1906 Fire
1906 Earthquake and Fire, unknown location fire burning (hand colorized)
Howard near New Montgomery
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View West on Howard toward New Montgomery, fire burning at the corner of Hawthorne and Howard, Brode & Clark Iron Works 623 Howard on left. [Fire Coming up Third St.] (Hand colorized)
South of Market
Market near McAllister
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east from center of Market near McAllister, to damaged buildings and fire burning. Flood Building in distance on left. Hale Bros. store near 6th Street in distance left of center. [Down Market St. from 5th (sic)] (hand colorized)
Tenderloin
2nd near Mission
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest across Second toward Mission (slide incorrectly marked Sansome) , fire burning at 2nd & Mission, Thumler and Rutherford bookbinders, 609 Mission, southwest corner of 2nd & Mission, Steinberger & Kalisher kid gloves, E.J. Robinson Hardware, 64 2nd. Wells Fargo Express Office at left. Bourdette Building at right. (hand colored) [Sansome St.]
Financial District
New Montgomery & Jessie
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View South on New Montgomery toward Crossley Building in flames, Grand Hotel at left, fire burning (hand colorized)
South of Market
Market near 6th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Market from Mason, From left Donahoe Building, Flood Building. Native Sons (Admission Day) Monument, Call Building in distance. [View of Market St. from Mason Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 27?]
Tenderloin
Kearny near Post
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view South on Kearny near Sutter toward Call Building in flames, fire burning. Raphael's at Maiden Lane corner, M.A. Gunst opposite. Street clock reads 10:40. 700 Market Building, Mutual Savings Bank Building. (hand colored version of differently cropped image at wnp27.0398)
Downtown / Union Square
3rd & Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Hearst Building on fire
South of Market