Contains 593 photos
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake and Fire. View southeast across Market to Call Building on fire in distance. California Academy of Sciences, Emporium, Red Front Store. Armed soldiers. [April 18, 1906 Emporium on Fire] (T.E. Hecht copy TEH)
Downtown / Union Square
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
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view east from Market near Guerrero, near the future Mint Hill. Many refugees, wagons moving. Same original image as wnp37.00172. [From 17th & Market Sts. Frisco- April 18th 06.5 P.M.(Sic)]
Mint Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast Same image as wnp37.03457. [136] [glass copy negative]
Pacific Heights
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [The burning City] 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.
Corona Heights
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Slightly elevated view southwest across Market to Call Building and adjacent buildings on south side of Market St. [Burning of Call Building 33]
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Firemen fighting fire with water near 408 Pacific and Marconi Hotel (419)
North Beach
Western Pacific Railroad tunnel fire. View northwest from above Sierra Street. [A stubborn fire in a railroad tunnel, Aerial view made 7/3 shows entrance to tunnel (center bottom) whose timbers are still burning, and large hole in street where top of tunnel ha started to collapse, necessitating the evacuation of a dozen homes so far.]
Potrero Hill
[Firemen ascending ladders in four-alarm blaze here in which four persons died, 17 were hurt, some 16 persons were carried to safety down ladders. 200 firemen fought the blaze.]
Lower Haight
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view south on Kearny to Examiner Building, burning Call Building, 700 Market Building and Mutual Savings Bank, Raphaels clothiers (Kearny and Maiden Lane)
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view north from lower Twin Peaks (around the hairpin of Twin Peaks Boulevard) above Solari Hill (Kite Hill). Market Street at right, Gray Brothers Brick Factory on Corona Heights (at left). City Hall dome in the background right center.
Clarendon Heights
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking northwest; Produce district burning in background.
Financial District
1906 Earthquake and Fire, 1906 fire. Looking west, St. Francis reflecting flames, Dewey Monument
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, During earthquake and fire, City Hall [The Doomed City, San Francisco in Flames.]
Mint Hill
Elevated view shout over Fillmore Chutes after fire of May 29, 1911. United Railroads Fillmore power house across Turk at center. Alamo Square in background.
Western Addition