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View south toward Francis Scott Key Monument (in original location) and Sharon Building near the Second Music Stand (Present site of tennis courts). Crowds of people laying on grass, horses and carriages. [53 Sunday Afternoon Golden Gate Park S.F.]
Golden Gate Park
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view northwest from Lafayette Park towards the corner of Washington and Laguna. Makeshift refugee camp with tents. Irwin Mansion at right.
Pacific Heights
View northerly toward the northeast corner of Sutter and Taylor. Victorian homes, Mark Hopkins Mansion at upper right. Cable car tracks on Sutter. [Looking up Taylor St. from Sutter 'Frisco']
Lower Nob Hill
Elevated view east on Market toward Powell. Flood Building at left, Metropolis Bank Building, Call / Spreckels Building, Humboldt Bank, Pacific Building, Emporium with construction underway at right. Street cars running on Market St. and many pedestrians.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated vew west across Union Square, Dewey Monument toward St. Francis Hotel. [St. Francis Hotel from Union Square]
Downtown / Union Square
View of Casino Building (now Maritime Museum) from beach side. Event underway on upper balcony, decorated with signal flags and umbrellas. Fontana Warehouse in background.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
People standing street watching construction underway at 598 Miramar, The Chronicle House, in Westwood Park. Sign reads 'Buy a Nelson Bros. Well Built Bungalow.' Built over 11 weeks in early 1922. 598 Miramar was the grand prize in the SF Chronicle newspaper's 'Prize Campaign', a subscription drive in which 'nominees' competed for 'votes' awarded by new newspaper subscriptions. The winner was Russell Wilson of Palo Alto.
Westwood Park
View north on Grant Avenue. Woman standing on balcony at right. Hang Far Low noodles across street.
Chinatown
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest across Fillmore to Franklin Hall, relief headquarters and temporary City Hall. Crowd outside temporary Examiner office. Keister's Ladies Tailoring, Laib Signs, Desmond Signs, City Printing Bureau of Public Works, . Sign stating that City Hall, Board of Supervisors, and City and County Offices were now at Mowry's Hall, southwest corner of Laguna & Grove. Sign announcing Building Trades Council meeting for Monday, April 23rd.
Lower Pacific Heights
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Clay toward Stockton. African American family on Clay Street with smoke billowing in the distance downhill. Crowds of people in the distance watching the fire. Cable car tracks at center.
Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north across Jackson between Divisadero and Scott. Five women cooking on an outdoor stove, street kitchen. Man in background holding a bucket. Cable car tracks in the street. Houses on Divisadero visible in the background left.
Pacific Heights
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west of collapsed section of Union Street between Pierce and Steiner.
Cow Hollow
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Outdoor cooking in the ruins. Women and children gathered around makeshift stove in a street. [52]
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Woman standing amidst rubble. View from Nob Hill looking northeast across ruins of Chinatown to Telegraph Hill.Yerba Buena Island in distance right.
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugees living in tents among the ruins. Trees in background. (view west from the north side of Russian Hill?)