Mission near New Montgomery
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake damage, view west from center of street toward north side of Mission between New Montgomery and Annie. P.N. Kuss Paints and Oils, 640 Mission.
South of MarketFire
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Sacramento & Drumm
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake and Fire, Buildings burning on west side of Drumm near Sacramento. Power and Pike Sheet Metal Works, 17 Drumm
Financial District
Unknown Location
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake and Fire, fire burning damaged buildings, lower Market Street
Market near Battery
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast across Market to Earthquake and Fire, fire burning, Byron Jackson Machine Works 411 Market in the Lachman Block on the southwest corner of Market and Fremont. Excelsior Glove Company 415 Market St. (After the Lachman building burned, the ruins became a favorite of photographers because of Samuel Lachman's stone face in the rubble - see wnp14.0445. Face is visible in rubble on street in front of building.) Photographer is standing on the Mechanic's Monument
Financial District
Kearny & Post
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on Kearny toward Market Street, Fire burning South of Market Call Building and Hearst Buildings not yet on fire. Raphael's (Maiden Lane intersection) and Roos Brothers (27-37 Kearny) on right
Downtown / Union Square
Market near Battery
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east from center of Market at crowd watching approaching fire, 306 Market stationers sign at left
Financial District
Unknown Location
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Fire pump/firemen; horse and wagon, Wood & Co. in ruins, fire approaching, Mahoney political sign
1650 block of York
People watching fire in industrial area
Peralta Heights
Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to refugees at base of the Dewey Monument as fire approaches. Lengfeld's Pharmacy. Whittell Building under construction. Marchands Building on corner of Geary and Stockton. Call Building dome, City of Paris, and Butler Building on far right under construction.
Downtown / Union Square
7th & Stevenson
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on 7th Street. U.S. main Post Office and Courthouse on left. Spectators watching buildings on south side of Mission burn. Grand Southern Hotel on southeast corner. Market and barber shops on right.
South of Market
Hermann & Buchanan
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Beginning of the Great San Francisco Fire... Photo by Moller] View east of different fires before they combined. St. Ignatius Church and City Hall in distance. Protestant Orphanage grounds in foreground.
Mint Hill
Grove & Laguna
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view east down Grove St. Ham and Eggs Fire approaching. Fire at Octavia intersection. Busch & Nelson Carriage Factory 525 Grove, at right. Image cropped from wnp37.02221. [Copyright 1906 by A. Blumberg.]
Hayes Valley
View from Hayes Valley
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [The dawn of April 18th, 1906 copyright Dana & Towers.] Earthquake & Fire, view east from Hayes Valley. Call Building at left, City Hall at right
Cathedral Hill
Larkin near Fulton
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south down Larkin to fire approaching damaged City Hall, columns collapsed onto street. Fulton House on Fulton St. corner at right.
Civic Center
Divisadero near North Point
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake and fire, view northeast from Cow Hollow District, Russian Hill burning, refugees setting up tents, San Francisco Gas Works in distance center.
Marina