Haight near Octavia
View east towards Market Street of great fire following 1906 earthquake. Wagon, people watching, Burke's Saloon.
Lower HaightFire
Contains 593 photos
Van Ness near Green
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north down Van Ness near Green or Union. Houses burning, men running, Marin headlands in background. Man sits among charred ruins watching a block be consumed by fire after the 1906 earthquake.
Polk Gulch
Kearny near Post
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view southwest to Call Building on fire. 700 Market Building, Mutual Savings Bank Building, Raphael's, M. A. Gunst Co. on Kearny. Hotel Graystone at right.
Downtown / Union Square
View E from Corona Heights
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east down 15th Street. Site of McKinley Elementary School, German Hospital (later Franklin, and CPMC Davies) under construction at far left, the future Mint Hill at left. [Fire in South of Market]
Corona Heights
Market near Valencia
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to people in Market street watching fire approach. Hotel Franklin, Burke's Saloon in background
South of Market
Fire from East Bay
View of San Francisco on fire from the East Bay, Oakland or Berkeley Barn and houses, bay in distance.
Outside SF
Mason & Eddy
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on Mason towards Market Street, people watching fire South of Market. Admission Day Monument. (Native Sons)
Tenderloin
Golden Gate & Larkin
Crowd of onlookers examining burned out building. [G.G. Ave & Larkin Fire Aug] Boyer Motor Car Co. at left.
Civic Center
Franklin near McAllister
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View South on Franklin at Locust. National Shoeing Co, Firemen hosing flames, Genthe Photos [SC59]
Civic Center
Financial District Fire
Elevated view east from Cosmo (Lewis) Pl. near Trader Vic (Agate) Alley. Central background, left to right, Whittell Building under construction, St. Francis Hotel annex under construction, top of Call Building over St. Francis Hotel, spire of First Congregational Church, top of Temple Sherith Israel (Taylor and Post) , Genthe Photos [SC60]
Lower Nob Hill
Chinatown Burning
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Fire approaching Chinatown, view from Sacramento Street near Powell. Chinese in foreground, Genthe Photos [SC60]
Nob Hill
1906 Fire from Corona Hts
1906 Earthquake and Fire. View east from top of Corona Heights to fire. 15th Street in middle of photo, the future Mint Hill in the distance on left. Site of McKinley School at Castro and 14th (with tents and refugees), and German Hospital (later Franklin, CPMC Davies) under construction at far left. Inferior version of image at wnp27.0110, in which more details are visible.
Corona Heights
Fire from Mint Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to approaching 1906 Earthquake Fire from Mint Hill. St. Ignatius, City Hall, Valencia Street Cable Car Powerhouse smokestack. Outbuildings of Protestant Orphan Asylum at Waller and Laguna in left foreground. Same image as wnp15.969.
Mint Hill
San Francisco burning
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View from Lafayette Square towards fires burning downtown
Pacific Heights
Market between 6th & 7th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast across Market to fires in progress. Hale Bros. store and Call Building in distance far right. [Market St Bet' 6 & 7 Sts 12]
Tenderloin