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1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north to ruins of City Hall and Hall of Records. Refugees from earthquake with crude sheet metal shelter. [8198-Dwellings of homeless--shelter built of wreckage, near City Hall.] [EF-29 April 1906] [F810 EF-029] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
South of Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, People, wagons and automobile, on Market Street, with ruins behind. Street wet. [EF-30 Leaving San Francisco April 20, 1906] [F810 EF-030] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
View northeast across 3rd to Hearst Building (opened September, 1911) under construction in left distance on Market Street. The Williams Building (Clinton Day Architect, 1907) on the southeast corner of 3rd and Mission, with Grand Rapids Show Case Co, Luttge Mfg. Co signage on south side. Present site of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art at right. [Hotel Alta 165 Third St]
South of Market
View north across intersection to Manx, Goodfriend, Stratford and St. Francis hotels. John R. Sievers florist on ground floor of Manx Hotel on northwest corner (Villa Florence Hotel in 2022). Elkan Gunst Building at southwest corner of Geary and Powell. Early automobiles, carriage and horses. See wnp33.03292, probably taken at same time.
Downtown / Union Square
View southeast across Geary to Hotel Stewart and Elkan Gunst Building (1907). Street work underway, early automobile.
Lower Nob Hill
View east across Shattuck Ave. and railroad tracks is The Studio Building (1905) at 2039 Shattuck Avenue at Addison Street. Mason-McDuffie real estate on ground floor, with Studio Hotel above. S. B. Kenfield & Co. real estate on left. . The building is a City of Berkeley Landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places.
Outside SF
View north on 4th to Market Street and Roos Bros. store, St. Francis Hotel in center distance. Hotel Argonaut, Argonaut Tailors, Pacific Building.
South of Market
View north across Mission St. to three story brick building, 80-98 9th Street, built in 1908 on northwest corner with bar and newsstand on ground floor. Street work and streetcar tracks. Still stands in 2021. Signs for Old Kirk Whisky, Hibernia Steam Beer and Jackson Steam Beer.
South of Market
View north on 3rd to Call and Mutual Savings Bank buildings on Market Street. New Hearst Examiner building (opened September, 1911) under construction on right. Aronson Building, Pleasantry Cafe, Winchester Hotel, Hotel Navarre, and 16-line (?) streetcar. Cook Medical Co. on right.
South of Market
View northwest across O'Farrell. Building with coffee sign at far right built 1906 (Salfield & Kohlberg, architects), extant in 2022 with 1933 Art Deco remodeled facade. John R. Sievers florist on ground floor of Manx Hotel on northwest corner (Villa Florence Hotel in 2022). Hotel Gloster (later Hotel Virginia and San Francisco Downtown Hostel in 2022), Rathjen Bros. Groceries and Liquors in distance on left. At right, Keiner's Liquors, 198 O'Farrell, with swing out electric sign. Buildings in view all still stand in 2022
Downtown / Union Square
View southwest across intersection. Raggett's liquors on southwest corner, Herbert's German Grill, Hotel Hayward in distance. Buildings extant in 2018. Cable cars, horses and wagons.
Downtown / Union Square
View northeast across Kearny to east side of the block and International Hotel, with Hammam Baths and Cairo Cafe next door with fanciful Moorish domes, minarets, and crescents set atop roof. Sentinel Building (Columbus Tower) at far left. American Loan Office, Oyster Bay Restaurant, Golden Gate Jewelry Co., The Palms (with signs for Weiland's and Phoenix Beer).
Chinatown
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Damaged buildings. View east on Maiden Lane (Morton St) towards Gruenhagen Bros. Candy Manufacturer at 20 Kearny Street. Between 1898 and 1909, Morton Street/Maiden Lane was named Union Square Avenue. (PF) [F810 EF-129]] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Members of Eureka Fire Engine Co. (IV). East side of Mason St. between Post and Sutter. Twenty firemen in fire hats posed in front of engine. [FD-15] [F810 FD-015] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
[Lighthouse at Farallone Islands, Pacific Ocean 1877 FA-1] [F810 FA-001] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)