City Hall
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east from about Fulton and Polk, City Hall ruins
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Market near 7th
View northwest across Market to cable car and businesses on north side of Market, with City Hall dome behind. Lundstrom Hatworks 1458 Market, Wilfert Bros. sausage makers, A. Berbert & Bro. Surgical Instruments 1450 Market, La France 1446 Market, St. Helena Sanitarium 1436 Market.
South of Market
Larkin near McAllister
view southwest. Commerce High School building in left background was later moved from Civic Center to Fell and Franklin. School and Hotel Astor on right demolished or moved to make way for Civic Center Plaza
Civic Center
near 10th & Harrison
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast towards City Hall and Nob Hill with Fairmont Hotel beyond
South of Market
5th & Mission
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view northwest of Old U.S. Mint from rubble-strewn lot following 1906 Earthquake & Fire. People and tents and makeshift shelters.[U.S. Mint Charles Bailey L.A. 80]
South of Market
Civic Auditorium
Civic Auditorium / Exposition Auditorium / Bill Graham Auditorium, viewed from Hyde near Fulton St. Civic Center plaza at right.
Civic Center
Larkin near McAllister
View northeast across Larkin to 19-Line Market Street Railway #856 with zip stripe livery passing the Main Library (now Asian Art Museum). Civic Center Power House at left.
Civic Center
McAllister near Larkin
Inbound 5-Line Market Street Railway #831 passing the State Office Building
Civic Center
7th & Mission
View east on Mission at 7th, Old Post Office (Now US Court of Appeals) at left SF Muni 12-Line Streetcar #868
South of Market
Market & Dolores
View north from Dolores to south side of US Mint, SF Muni PCC streetcar #1140. California Volunteers Memorial at right. Billboard for Joe Bortin who ran for Congress unsuccessfully in 1960 and 1964.
Castro
Old Civic Center
View west from City Hall Ave and McAllister to Old City Hall and Hall of Records, City Hall Avenue, Mechanics Pavilion, Supreme Court Building (Larkin & McAllister) at right.
Civic Center
Pioneer Monument
View north to Pioneer (James Lick) Monument at Marshall Square. Hall of Records in background. Current intersection of Grove and Hyde. Henry Johnson & Son Delicacies, 12 Marshall Square. City Hall demolished, Grove street would be extended to Market at this location in 1914. In 1993, the monument was moved to the pedestrian mall on Fulton Street between the Asian Art Museum and the new Main Library. French-made cannon to right of the monument was a Spanish-American war prize. It is now in the Presidio.
Civic Center
Oakland City Hall
View north from center of Washington Street to City Hall decorated with flag bunting for 4th of July. Washington Street no longer goes through in this area. John P. Maxwell, hardware, kitchen utensils. Large display of paper lanterns. Howell-Dohrmann Co., Marvin's Hair Dressing, Wing Chung Lung & Co. Bazaar 1163 Washington [July 4/01 Oakland's City Hall]
Church & Duboce
View east across Duboce to US Mint, exposed serpentine face of Mint Hill.
Duboce Triangle
Civic Center
View northwest across Civic Center Plaza to flower beds, City Hall, California State Building (later Earl Warren Building).
Civic Center