Contains 12978 photos
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake ruins Chronicle Building, Lotta's Fountain, Palace Hotel, Monadnock Building under construction with 'Offices Ready In May' and 'Santa Fe' banners. Chronicle Building with debris chutes.
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Drunken Houses on South Van Ness (then Howard) between 17th and 18th. Earthquake damage teetering buildings
Mission
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east toward Ferry Building from center of California St. Earthquake ruins, sightseers and ruins of Grace Church and Old St. Mary's cathedral. At left, Montgomery Block, Appraisers Building, in background center Kohl Building, Merchant's Exchange.
Nob Hill
View north to James Lick (Pioneer) Monument in Marshall Square (current corner Grove and Hyde) After the 1906 Earthquake but before the 1914 extension of Grove Street to Market. In 1993, the monument was moved to the pedestrian mall on Fulton Street between the Asian Art Museum and the new Main Library. The cannon the foreground is on display in the Presidio of San Francisco.
Civic Center
Four people posing on the Steel Bridge near Tennis Courts
Golden Gate Park
View northeast across California to Old St. Mary's church and rectory, two cable cars at intersection. Sing Chong Building, Kohl Building, Alaska Commercial Building. [Edge of Chinatown P.P. No. 1563].
Chinatown
[Drake Monument and Boulevard Artopho. LHS No. 45] Prayerbook Cross
Golden Gate Park
Dead horse in street full of wagons and crowds of people.
View south down Kearny to Call Building. Chronicle Building, Hearst Examiner Building, 700 Market Building, Mutual Savings Bank Building, Lotta's Fountain. Raphael's men's clothing store and Hirsch & Kaiser (photo supplies and optical goods) at right.
Downtown / Union Square
Bear Mountain Inn, Bear Mountain, New York. Built in 1915-present on the shore of Hessian Lake. It has a baseball field once used by the Brooklyn Dodgers, an ice skating rink a pool, and it’s own carousel. Bear Mountain Bridge in the distance. Anthony’s nose (mountain) shown in the distance.
Cabrillo Playground, 38th and 39th Avenues between Cabrillo and Fulton. People playing tennis. [The San Francisco Recreation Commission extends a hearty welcome to Exposition Visitors and tenders a cordial invitation to see some of San Francisco's excellent public playgrounds and recreation centers.]
Richmond Outer
View northwest to Masonic Temple, Muni H-streetcar #10, California Volunteers, Spanish-American War Memorial Statue (later moved to Dolores & Market). The White Co., Mason Tires. At left behind Masonic Temple, Young Men's Institute/International Center, 50 Oak St. (1914), extensively remodeled in 2000's for San Francisco Conservatory of Music.Cropped from wnp67.0666.
Civic Center
View northwest to Russian Hill/Fort Mason. Pioneer Park elaborate wall. skyscraper apartments at 1945 Green under construction [The Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill ZS104]
Telegraph Hill
View north from center of 8th Street to old City Hall, Pioneer (James Lick) Monument in Marshall Square, Market Street Railway Co. (MSRy) cable car, and bicyclist.
South of Market
View east on Market to Chronicle, Examiner and Call Buildings, with Hayes Street Cable Car at right. Bancroft History Building, Sanborn Vail, Cineograph Theatre.
Downtown / Union Square