Lantern Slide

Contains 457 photos

3rd & Market
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3rd & Market

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south across Market after earthquake and fire to [No 120 Call Building, Call Building Annex and Kamm Building, R.J. Waters & Co.] photographer

Downtown / Union Square
Mission & Beale
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Mission & Beale

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view northwest to single standing corner wall from building. Behind, Merchants Exchange Building. At right, Board of Trade (Union Block) ruins across Market at Pine. Sign for Pacific Heating and Ventilating Co., which had been located at 310 Mission prior to the catastrophe.

Financial District
Fairmont Hotel
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Fairmont Hotel

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [121 Fairmont Hotel from California Street, R.J. Waters &Co photographer], Post 1906 EQ&Fire, looking northwest across California

Nob Hill
3rd & Mission
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3rd & Mission

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [#10 Aronson Bldg] 1906 ruins. View north on 3rd Street. Aronson Bldg and Call Building

South of Market
City of Paris
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City of Paris

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast from Union Square to City of Paris Department Store/Spring Valley Water Co. Building, Butler Building under construction at right - Union Square, Stockton and Geary [#2 S.V.W.W. Building]

Downtown / Union Square
Post near Kearny
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Post near Kearny

1906 Earthquake and Fire, West from Kearny St., W.&J. Sloane & Co. Bldg. R.J. Waters & Co. photographer

Downtown
Flood Building
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Flood Building

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view southeast across Ellis and Powell Streets to gutted Flood Building. [Flood Building Ellis &Powell]

Downtown / Union Square
North on 3rd Street
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North on 3rd Street

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Aronson, Call and Mutual Savings Bank buildings

Downtown
Flood Building
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Flood Building

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to Powell and Market corner, Emporium at right. [No. 69 James Flood Bldg]

South of Market
Ruined Fire Engine
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Ruined Fire Engine

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest to Kearny St. & Post St.corner, W. & J. Sloane Bldg.

Downtown / Union Square
Gough near Union
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Gough near Union

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Octagon House on Gough Street, Ruined in Quake

Cow Hollow
7th & Mission
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7th & Mission

1906 Earthquake and Fire, On Front of Post Office, SF Cal Post EQ&F

South of Market
View from Buena Vista Park
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View from Buena Vista Park

Looking northwest. St. Ignatius Church, Lone Mountain in background.

Western Addition
Sweeny Observatory
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Sweeny Observatory

Sweeny Panorama, Strawberry Hill, Golden Gate Park, built 1891 as a gift to the park from Thomas U. Sweeney (Sweeney's name was misspelled on the observatory.)

Golden Gate Park
Union Square
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Union Square

Portola Fiesta, San Francisco. Elevated view west to king and queen of Portola Festival on horseback in a dense crowd, St. Francis Hotel.

Downtown