Montgomery & Sutter
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view south down Montgomery St. to burning of the Grand Hotel (left) and Palace Hotel. [Grand and Palace Hotels Pillsbury Picture Co. no. 7591]
Downtown / Union SquareHotel
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Union Square
St. Francis Hotel, [San Francisco 6/28 - 7/1 - 26]
Downtown / Union Square
Montgomery & California
View west on California from Montgomery. White and Farnsworth Stationers on left, Mark Hopkins Hotel under construction at the top of the hill. New building at right being constructed on site of Parrott Block (built 1852, demolished 1926). Building under construction is Financial Center Building, opened 1927, later Omni Hotel. [San Francisco 6/28 - 7/1-26]
Financial District
Vallejo & Stockton
View West on Vallejo toward Stockton, Castro Hotel on left, 705 Vallejo Street. Market Street Railway 15-Line streetcar crossing Vallejo on Powell [San Francisco 6/28 - 7/1-26]
North Beach
Valencia Hotel Collapse
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Valencia between 18th & 19th Streets, Man being rescued [Rescuing Visitors from Valencia Street Hotel]
Mission Dolores
Valencia Hotel Collapse
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Valencia between 18th & 19th Streets, Fireman rescuing shirtless man [Bringing out a visitor after 4 hours]
Mission Dolores
Valencia Hotel Collapse
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Valencia between 18th & 19th Streets, [digging for bodies, Valencia Street Hotel]
Mission Dolores
Civic Center
View northeast to United Service Organization (USO) Hospitality House (constructed between March and August, 1941), a clubhouse for enlisted men, with military men on back lawn. Old Main Library, Old Federal Office Building, Empire Hotel (later 100 McAllister), rear of Orpheum Theater in background.
Civic Center
Market near McAllister
View southwest across Market near McAllister toward 7th St. Light pole with Centre Theatre and United Artists Theatre (showing "Not as a Stranger"). Federal Hotel and Grant Building in background
Tenderloin
Market & 6th
Postcard view looking southwest on Market toward Twin Peaks from the David Hewes Building at 6th and Market. Lick Pioneer Monument is visible at center in Marshall Square, but Grove Street has not been cut through to Market and Marye Building on west side of square is intact. Portion of City Hall Ruins at right center. Grant Building (The Bank of San Francisco) at 7th & Market at left. Roof of Eastern Outfitters Co. at left, Hotel America, Sterling Furniture. Just beyond the Grant Building is the upper portion of the stage end of the Central Theatre at 8th and Market, which burned in April, 1913. [Upper Market Street & Twin Peaks. P.P. Co. No. 984]
South of Market
Union Square
St. Francis Hotel and Dewey Monument; from Stockton Street
Downtown / Union Square
Grant near California
View north toward California of women and men in front of Shanghai Low. New Grant Hotel Rooms, Hotel Yamato, Sing Chong Co. in background. Duplicate of image ag 37.03906 with less cropping.
Chinatown
Union Square
Dewey Monument and St. Francis Hotel
Downtown / Union Square
Market, Geary, & Kearny
SF Muni PCC #1121 L-Line Outbound. Palace Hotel in background.
Downtown / Union Square
9th & Market
View northeast from 9th to crowd of schoolchildren and nuns with French flags watching French President Charles De Gaulle's motorcade. Civic Auditorium, Hotel Whitcomb parking lot in background.
South of Market