Islais Creek
View west to water hoses trained on smoke from burning barge. C.E. Grosjean Rice Milling Company, 1875 Marin St. (at Evans), in the background [Barge - Islais Creek] (folder: Fire, Small Craft)
Central WaterfrontFirefighter
Contains 47 photos
Bush & Kearny
[California Hotel - Bush St. April 21, 1905] Elevated view northwest across intersection. An electric sign above the theater entrance advertises the residency of prominent actress Margaret Anglin. The hotel's chimney fell through the roof of the fire station (to the right of hotel in this photo), mortally injuring Chief D.J. Sullivan on the morning of the 1906 earthquake. St. George Alley at bottom. At bottom left, Paris Dental Parlors, at right, St. George Stables, Branch and Factory of The Big Trunk Store. Same image as wnp71.0712. [No 143 Same image as wnp37.02283. [G57 SHO-001] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Market near 6th
Elevated view southwest across Market to crowd watching firefighters at 4-alarm fire at Sterling Furniture Company (Sterling Building (1907, Reid Brothers, architects) with 2 aerial trucks, 3 other trucks and hoses in street. Bay Bridge in background. In distance left, St. Francis Theatre, former Hale Bros. store, David Hewes Building, Delger Building, Eastern Outfitting Company Building (1909, MacDonald & Applegarth, architects). Weinstein Co. Department Store with water tower on top. To right of Sterling, Forrest Building (1908, MacDonald & Applegarth, destroyed by fire c. 1981), Clinton Cafeteria in Ede Building,(1910, William Knowles, architect), Clark-Gandion Co. in Globe Investment Company Building (1909, Faff & Bauer, & Bauer, architects). Tower Jewels, USO, Karl's Shoes, Young Bros
Tenderloin
Market near 1st
Elevated view southeast across Market to firemen fighting a fire at 541-543 Market on the south side of Market between 1st & 2nd. PG&E and Matson Buildings, Hooker & Lent Building (with Cunard Lines sign), Underwood Building 525 Market, in distance.
Financial District
Market near 1st
Elevated view southeast across Market to firemen fighting a fire at 541-543 Market on the south side of Market between 1st & 2nd. PG&E and Matson Buildings, Hooker & Lent Building (with Cunard Lines sign), Underwood Building 525 Market, in distance.
Financial District
Market near Sansome
Elevated view southwest across Market to firemen fighting a fire at 541-543 Market between 1st and 2nd Streets. Rucker-Fuller Office Equipment at left. Balboa Building, southeast corner of 2nd & Market, at right.
Financial District
Market near 1st
Elevated view southeast across Market to firemen fighting a fire at 541-543 Market on the south side of Market between 1st & 2nd. PG&E and Matson Buildings, Hooker & Lent Building (with Cunard Lines sign), Underwood Building 525 Market, in distance.
Financial District
Ellis near Powell
View west from center of Ellis near Powell to group of firefighters in front of Capitol Theater (built 1911 as Cort Theater, demolished 1941), Germain Hotel, The Danube, St. Germain Restaurant, Rialto Bowling, Golden State Hotel, Hotel Willard. Flood Building at far left. Wright's Billiards, Pasadena Hotel, Rialto Bowling. Image cropped from wnp32.0114. [Capitol SF CAP-07A circa 1935].
Downtown / Union Square
Embarcadero & Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Embarcadero (then East Street) at Market. View west across Embarcadero toward burning Victorian Building with water being pumped on it. Magnolia Cafe, Pacific Ticket Office, 2 East Street South. (wnp27.1341 for a slightly earlier view)
Financial District
Bluxome near 4th
View east from center of Bluxome to Fire Station 8, between 4th and 5th Street [36 Bluxome Street. Truck 8 drill as a hose tower. Firemen unidentified]
South of Market
Unknown Location
Fire equipment including two horse-drawn fire trucks posed on an unidentified street.
Unknown Location
Three firemen posed in front of the open doors of a firehouse.
22nd near Noe
SF Fire Department Chemical Engine Co. No. 11 at 3816 22nd Street. Horse drawn wagon and firefighters parked in front.
Eureka Valley
Unknown Location
Large Victorian, three stories with corner tower / turret, possibly on O'Farrell Street after significant fire. Upper stories are burned through the roof.
Frederick near Stanyan
North side of Frederick west of Stanyan, Firefighters observing smoke coming from apartment building.
Golden Gate Park