Contains 12978 photos
View west on North Point at Polk, Municipal Railway (Muni) F-line streetcar #33. Fontana Warehouse on right (demolished and replaced by Fontana Towers in the 1960s) and Fort Mason in the distance. Galileo High School playing field fence at left.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
View west up Post, Crocker Bank Building (demolished except for colonnaded first floor), The Foxcroft Building, later known as 68 Post St., now demolished at far left. At right, Union Trust Building (demolished)
Financial District
Earthquake damage to White House department store
Downtown / Union Square
Earthquake damage to White House department store; looking west
Downtown / Union Square
Earthquake damage to White House department store; View east down Post to Jewelers Building on left. Mechanics Institute, Crocker Building, Balboa Building in distance on right. Woman carries newspaper with huge quake headline. Demolition in progress on southwest corner of Kearny and Post, at far right. (AS)
Downtown / Union Square
View north on Kearny to soldier posing with Coit Tower in background.
North Beach
View south from center of Grant between Pacific and Jackson. Mandarin Theatre (renamed the Sun Sing Theatre, June 1950) at right. Lee Ming Grocery, Kuo Wah Cafe at left. Ralph & Sons tobacco 1037 Grant at right. (2 way traffic on Grant)
Chinatown
View southeast across Mission to J-Line streetcar #52, just west of 3rd Street. Williams Building at corner. At right, M.A. Gunst Building aka Rochester Building (Lansburgh and Joseph, Architects), built 1907. Rucker-Fuller Desk Co., Rochester Clothing Co., Peters Shoes.
South of Market
Two soldiers with megaphone on drill field. Viewing stands at right.
Presidio
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast down California from Nob Hill grounds of Mark Hopkins Insitute of Art. Crowd gathered at Powell intersection to watch. Fairmont Hotel, Stanford stable at left, Old St. Mary's in distance, Stanford Mansion at right. Fire approaching. #507
Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest from corner to west side of First. Buildings collapsed from quake. Michael O'Brien Mill Machinery, 140-44 First at Minna #508
South of Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast across Market toward south side of Market at Fremont. Liquor wholesalers building burning
Financial District
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [No. 74. S.V.W.W. Building Stockton & Geary] View southeast across Stockton to Spring Valley Water Works Co. & City of Paris Building, Marchand Building. Butler Building at far right. Wet streets.
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [No. 96-R] Crowd of refugees and wagons on Market Street.
View northwest across intersection of Battery & Washington to Post Office and Custom House. Appraisers Building in background. Cobblestone streets. Same image as wnp37.02104. [No. 116-R]
North Beach