Presidio Main Post
Fire fighting drill underway with soldiers, ladders, and hose on two-story stable.
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Presidio Main Post
Horses pulling wagon between pickets. Soldiers with axes facing camera. Guardhouse and flagstaff at right.
Presidio
Presidio Main Post
Horses pulling wagon between pickets. Soldiers with axes facing camera. Old guardhouse in background.
Presidio
Ocean Beach
Girls playing in the surf at Ocean Beach.
Grant near California
View north toward California of women and men in front of Shanghai Low. New Grant Hotel Rooms, Hotel Yamato, Sing Chong Co. in background. Duplicate of wnp27.1451 with tighter cropping.
Chinatown
Van Ness near Bay
1906 Earthquake and Fire [J-162 People receiving first food, after great fire, S.F.], 3000 block of Van Ness Avenue near Bay Street. Eggs being distributed to a crowd by US Navy Sailors. All of these buildings had to be demolished or moved to make way for the PPIE. The apartment building at far right was moved to 1515 Greenwich St, and still stands. At extreme left, barely visible, is a house that was moved to 1232-1234 Chestnut St; it also still stands.
Marina
Market & Montgomery
View east across Market from the Palace Hotel toward the intersection of Market and Montgomery. Crocker Building, Wells Fargo Bank Building, Hobart Building, Flatiron building. [Market St. S.F. CAL]
South of Market
Fillmore Chutes
Elevated view southeast of the interior of the Chutes amusement park, Scenic Railway, bar, cafe, landscaping, carousel, Hotel Webster, 1291 Webster St., in background. 3 women posed in front of Scenic Railway entrance. [A. Lipman 421 Clement. S.F.]
Western Addition
City Hall
[17] Large crowd on Polk Street steps for post World War II event; microphones; veterans, dignitaries; Douglas MacArthur with dignitaries; sign saying 'MacArthur for President.'
Civic Center
Pres. Eisenhower Visit
Post near Powell. President Dwight D. Eisenhower waving in motorcade; Barnes Hind Pharmacy at 430 Post in background.
Downtown / Union Square
Washington Square
Looking northwest across square. Line of houses at right along Filbert Street.
North Beach
Market & Taylor
Crowd watching a parade; some holding American flags; in front of Golden Gate Theater; lots of people with cameras. Birdcage traffic signal.
Tenderloin
Van Ness & O'Farrell
View north from center of street. Hotel Baltimore on left; early autos and wagons shortly after earthquake; early light poles in center of street. St. Mary's Cathedral is out of frame, on left.
Cathedral Hill
Montgomery & Washington
View south from Columbus Avenue toward Washington and Montgomery. The Montgomery Block, built 1853 demolished 1959, now the site of the Transamerica Pyramid. It survived the 1906 fire, rubble and ruins surround it in this view. [84. Bank of Italy Montgomery St.; Western Photographic Co. L.A. Cal.]
Financial District
Geary near Powell
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east from center of Geary toward Market; earthquake damage in street; Lengfeld's Pharmacy; Whittell Building under construction; Palace Hotel; Mutual Savings Bank Building. Taken before fire destroyed area.
Downtown / Union Square