Reconstruction

Contains 204 photos

Gough & Pine
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Gough & Pine

View southwest across intersection to line of Japanese businesses and Buddhist Mission (1617 Gough) in row of Victorian flats and houses. Shirai & Co., Oishi & Co., The Hero Baths (1611 Gough), Tanaka Bros. [4283 Japanese homes Gough and Pine streets Jan 1907] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)

Pacific Heights
Montgomery & Clay
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Montgomery & Clay

View south at reconstruction after 1906 earthquake. 'Edificio della Banca D'Italia' (Bank of Italy building) Campi's restaurant. Kohl Building in distance. [4298 South along Montgomery from Clay April 1907] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)

Chinatown
Grant & Commercial
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Grant & Commercial

Elevated view northeast across commercial to Ferry Building in right distance. Reconstruction underway after 1906 earthquake. Rubble and brick in streets, California Fish Co., Montgomery Block, Appraisers Building in left distance. Bank of Italy Building under construction. Ruins of Hall of Justice at far left. [4304 From Dupont St near Commercial looking east] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)

Chinatown
Geary near Kearny
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Geary near Kearny

Elevated view northeast of reconstruction after 1906 earthquake, with crowded streetcar on Kearny. Site of United Cigar Stores Co. building at northwest corner of Geary & Kearny at lower right. Temporary building with several businesses across Kearny: M. A. Gunst & Co. A. J. Rich & Co. real estate, Maskey's Candies 32 Kearny. Streetcar, many steel frames for new buildings. In distance, surviving buildings on or near Montgomery St.: Mills Building, Merchants Exchange, Kohl Building. At left, steel framework for Oscar Luning Building 45-47 Kearny, at center (1907, Nathaniel Blaisdell, Architect). [4305 Kearny St from Market April 1907] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)

Downtown / Union Square
Grant near Maiden Lane
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Grant near Maiden Lane

View east of reconstruction after 1906 earthquake. Chronicle building annex at center on Kearny Street. Steel frames of several buildings have gone up, including Oscar Luning Building 45-47 Kearny, at center (1907, Nathaniel Blaisdell, Architect). [4306 Chronicle Building vicinity April 1907] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)

Downtown / Union Square
Geary & Kearny
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Geary & Kearny

Elevated view west on Geary with St. Francis Hotel under repair in far distance. Reconstruction after 1906 earthquake. Whittell Building with large sign: 'This building constructed by J. R. Bowles.' Line of parked buggies and horses. Speck & Co. Street work. [4307 Geary Street from Market April 1907] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)

Downtown / Union Square
Sansome & Commercial
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Sansome & Commercial

View southwest of reconstruction after 1906 earthquake. Merchants Exchange Building and Kohl Building in distance, London & San Francisco Insurance Co. Building between. W. Loaiza & Co. [4310 Sansome and Commercial streets looking w] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)

Financial District
Sutter & Grant
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Sutter & Grant

View east on Sutter to early automobile and horsedrawn buggy driving west. Reconstruction after 1906 earthquake. [4312 From Sutter and Grant east along Grant A (sic)] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)

Downtown / Union Square
Jackson near Ross Alley
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Jackson near Ross Alley

View east to Chinatown reconstruction after 1906 earthquake. Street work with piles of debris, dirt, and brick. Nearby buildings in view all still stand in 2021. [4313 Jackson St between Grant and Stockton Ap] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)

Chinatown
Grant & Jackson
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Grant & Jackson

View south of reconstruction after 1906 earthquake. Wagons and horses, debris and piles of dirt. Many brick buildings extant in 2018. [4315 From Jackson and Dupont street south] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)

Chinatown
Stockton & Pacific
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Stockton & Pacific

View north during reconstruction after 1906 earthquake. S.F. Paving Co. wagon pulled by team of horses transporting dirt. [4316 From Stockton and Pacific along Stockton] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)

Chinatown
Market & Powell
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Market & Powell

View east to Humboldt Bank and Call Buildings. Western National Bank in Flood Bldg at left. People passing, 5-line and 7-line streetcars. [5564 Powell and Market streets Feb 1909] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)

Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
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Union Square

Elevated view northwest across Union Square showing reconstruction, Dewey Monument, Fairmont Hotel, Union Square Building (Gallagher Family Photos - Adeline Marines Album)

Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
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Union Square

Elevated view north over the east end of Union Square, Union Square Building, Union Square Hotel, The Galen on Stockton Street, rebuilt Temple Emanu-El and Fairmont Hotel in background. (Gallagher Family Photos - Adeline Marines Album)

Downtown / Union Square
Mason & Market
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Mason & Market

View east past Admission Day Monument. Early automobile, Flood Building, Humboldt Bank Building (under construction) and Emporium.

Tenderloin