Eddy near Scott
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Holy Cross Church, Old St. Patrick's Church at right. [Holy Cross Church Eddy Near Scott Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 316]
Western AdditionLantern Slide
Contains 457 photos
Downtown Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast toward Market from about Pine and Stockton, Palace Hotel, Chronicle Annex, Mutual Savings Bank, and Call Building at center.
Chinatown
Midwinter Fair
1894 Midwinter Fair, Golden Gate Park. Elevated view south across present Music Concourse and Columbus Statue to Mechanical Arts Building. Firth Wheel background left. (colorized)
Golden Gate Park
Kearny & Merchant
[City Hall, Kearny Street opposite Portsmouth Square, 1857] (glass copy) Pillsbury Picture Co.
Chinatown
Unknown Location
San Francisco? Fire Station with men posed, steam train passing in background (not Ferries & Cliff House train).
Spreckels Mansion Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest across Van Ness to ruins of Claus Spreckels residence, at Clay St.
Polk Gulch
Golden Gate Park
Old Memorial Museum on Music Concourse, two small children posing. Originally built as the Fine Arts Building for the 1894 Midwinter Fair, it later became the city's Memorial Museum, and finally part of the de Young Museum. (Presence of only one sphinx dates photo to between May 1905, when one of the sphinxes was removed, and April 18, 1906, when museum was severely damaged during earthquake.)
Golden Gate Park
Clay & Grant
Chinatown, newspapers posted on side of building
Chinatown
Golden Gate Park
Crowds watching bicycle race in the Stadium (Polo Fields) Golden Gate Park Stadium was proposed in 1904, delayed construction because of the 1906 earthquake and fire. Opened on July 4, 1906. It was envisioned as a multi-use stadium, but popularly called the Polo Field because that sport was played intermittently from the 1920s to 1960s.(JF) (colorized)[Stadium, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Southern Pacific]
Golden Gate Park
North Beach
Reconstruction, View west from Vallejo & Kearny Sts. St. Francis of Assisi Church, Russian Hill
Telegraph Hill
Downtown View
Elevated view northeast from around Market and Kearny. Telegraph Hill visible at left, Kohl Building, Merchants Exchange Building, Mills Building, Alaska Commercial Building (1907, Meyers and Ward, Architects), French Savings Bank Building 110 Sutter (colorized). Construction of Hallidie Building (1917), California-Pacific Building, 105 Montgomery (1912) not begun. (AS)
Downtown / Union Square
Stanyan & Haight
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View North on Stanyan from Haight, Terminal Hotel, SE corner. Bread line stretching down Stanyan from distribution point at the Young Men's Hebrew Association (later the Boys and Girls Club) on Page Street. B.A. Hester, Tobacconist and Variety Store [Bread Line Stanyan St. Copyright 1906, Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 53] Duplicate of wnp27.0594.
Haight Ashbury
Golden Gate Park
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Just inside Golden Gate Park near Stanyan and Haight. Woman sits in chair and holds out arm while 2 men and a woman examine her hand [Emergency Hospital In Golden Gate Park No. 38]
Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
Golden Gate Park with fair crowds. Japanese Village on left, Horticultural and Agricultural building on right.
Golden Gate Park
Oakland City Hall
Looking north on Washington St. Signs and decorations for Kahn's Harvest Sale at right. (colorized)
Outside SF