City Hall Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast from Larkin & Grove, from what was the entrance of the Mechanics' Pavilion. Dome of the Hall of Records in the background, which outlasted City Hall by 10 years.
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Contains 1072 photos
Grove near Polk
View north across Grove [Commercial High School. Group of 860 Students. 1912.] Class of San Francisco Commercial High School (later Commerce High, formerly Newton J. Thorpe Commercial School) posed in front of school in first location before move to Fell Street.
Civic Center
Mission & 5th
View northwest across intersection towards Old U.S. Mint. Ivy covers a portion of facade.
South of Market
US Mint
[interior of Mint. The engine. Muybridge] View of interior room of the Mint at 5th and Mission. Giant pulley wheel.
South of Market
US Mint
[Interior of Mint. Muybridge] Room inside US Mint, man demonstrating balance scale.
South of Market
Old Civic Center
View west to Hall of Records and City Hall from McAllister and City Hall Avenue (then Park Avenue, now no longer in existence). At far right, Supreme Court Building at McAllister and Larkin, completed 1891. [5952 View of New City Hall, San Francisco]
Civic Center
Earl Warren Building
View north across Civic Center Plaza. McAllister streetcar in background [Zan 107 State Bldg. Civic Center, San Francisco]
Civic Center
McAllister near Polk
View south across Civic Center plaza to Civic Auditorium. Opened in 1915 as part of the Panama Pacific International Exposition, it was originally called 'Exposition Auditorium.' In 1992 it was renamed 'Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.' [Zan 210 Exposition Auditorium Civic Center, San Francisco]
Civic Center
Larkin near Fulton
[Zan 113 San Francisco Library with Hotel Empire at right] (Open lot at right is future location of present Main Library)
Civic Center
McAllister & Van Ness
[Zan 727 A glimpse of City Hall from the Portals of War Memorial Building, San Francisco]
Civic Center
7th & Mission
[Zan 1708 Post Office, San Francisco] Federal Building.
South of Market
Washington & Kearny
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Hall of Justice damaged; refugee tents; horse in Portsmouth Square
Chinatown
Clay & Walter U Lum Place
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking over Portsmouth Square toward ruins of Hall of Justice
Chinatown
Larkin & Grove
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north to ruins of City Hall and Hall of Records. Clay sewer pipes stacked on sidewalk, awaiting installation.
Civic Center
5th & Mission
United States Mint. Rubble and bricks in lot at southwest corner, advertisements plastered.
South of Market