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Jefferson Square
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Jefferson Square

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to great fire of 1906. Refugees on lawn with their possessions. Jefferson Hotel and City Hall dome visible in distance.

Cathedral Hill
Golden Gate near Hyde
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Golden Gate near Hyde

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to flats which have collapsed. Spectators milling and people on carriages. All to be burned by approaching great fire. Smoke in distance.

Tenderloin
Call Building on fire.
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Call Building on fire.

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view southwest across Market to 3rd and Market Streets. Smoke pouring from upper stories of Call Building, other buildings on south side of Market, including Bancroft History Building, show earthquake damage. 700 Market building on right with Hale Dental Co. and projecting electric "Dentist" sign. Hearst Examiner Building on left. Fire hoses in street, top of Lotta's Fountain at bottom. Cropped version of image at wnp37.03403.jpg.

Downtown / Union Square
Larkin near Golden Gate
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Larkin near Golden Gate

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Larkin south from Golden Gate. City Hall in ruins. Fire approaching. Conklin Bros. Storage Warehouse and Hotel Argyle and Grill on left. French Laundry on right. Refugees packing wagon to escape.

Civic Center
Union Square
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Union Square

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to refugees at base of the Dewey Monument as fire approaches. Lengfeld's Pharmacy. Whittell Building under construction. Marchands Building on corner of Geary and Stockton. Call Building dome, City of Paris, and Butler Building on far right under construction.

Downtown / Union Square
7th & Stevenson
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7th & Stevenson

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on 7th Street. U.S. main Post Office and Courthouse on left. Spectators watching buildings on south side of Mission burn. Grand Southern Hotel on southeast corner. Market and barber shops on right.

South of Market
Hermann & Buchanan
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Hermann & Buchanan

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Beginning of the Great San Francisco Fire... Photo by Moller] View east of different fires before they combined. St. Ignatius Church and City Hall in distance. Protestant Orphanage grounds in foreground.

Mint Hill
Vallejo near Sansome
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Vallejo near Sansome

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Burning of San Francisco Apr. 18, '06. No. 61 Telegraph Hill] View from Telegraph Hill south at fire downtown after earthquake. Crowd of people on bluff watching, Appraisers Building on Sansome at left, Montgomery Block at center, Hall of Justice on Kearny at right.

North Beach
Valencia near 18th
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Valencia near 18th

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south. Man looking in hole. Cable car tracks. [Sinking of Valencia St. near 18th Street]

Mission Dolores
Stanyan near Beulah
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Stanyan near Beulah

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Sinking of Stanyan str near Golden Gate Park. J.B. Moller Photo] Sink hole in street and damaged Park Emergency Hospital. Refugee tent in park. Mount Sutro in distance.

Cole Valley
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Bread line Golden Gate Park, JB Moller Photo] Breadline on Main Drive. McLaren Lodge visible.

Golden Gate Park
Grove & Laguna
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Grove & Laguna

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view east down Grove St. Ham and Eggs Fire approaching. Fire at Octavia intersection. Busch & Nelson Carriage Factory 525 Grove, at right. Image cropped from wnp37.02221. [Copyright 1906 by A. Blumberg.]

Hayes Valley
View from Hayes Valley
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View from Hayes Valley

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [The dawn of April 18th, 1906 copyright Dana & Towers.] Earthquake & Fire, view east from Hayes Valley. Call Building at left, City Hall at right

Cathedral Hill
Presidio Refugee Camp
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Presidio Refugee Camp

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Tennessee Hollow looking south toward Pacific Heights. Refugees chopping wood. Notation on photo 'Home' with arrow to tent.

Presidio
Memorial Museum
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Memorial Museum

Golden Gate Park. View north past east end of Music Concourse to Memorial Museum. Originally constructed as the Fine Arts Building for 1894 Midwinter Fair, it was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum. Apple Cider Press statue, Dore Vase, Sphinxes. Portion of U.S. Grant monument at far right.

Golden Gate Park