Refugees

Contains 540 photos

Earthquake Refugees
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Earthquake Refugees

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Golden Gate Park, Haight and Stanyan, ladies sitting at bench, tents, outside wood burning stove. Sign for The Kirk bar at Haight and Stanyan

Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugee Camp, Army Field Hospital No. 1 in Golden Gate Park in the aftermath of the 1906 Earthquake & Fire

Golden Gate Park
Jefferson Square
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Jefferson Square

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugee camp. Displaced residents settle in.

Cathedral Hill
Jefferson Square
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Jefferson Square

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugee camp. Turk near Laguna. The Whole Damn Family, House of Mirth, and other tents.

Cathedral Hill
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugee Camp 5. Group of soldiers and civilians in front of the Commanding Officer's office at Refugee Camp No. 5, near Children's Playground in Golden Gate Park. Temporary post office is building at far left.

Golden Gate Park
Speedway Meadow Camp
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Speedway Meadow Camp

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Refugee Camp 6, Speedway Meadow, Golden Gate Park

Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Most likely Camp 5, in the area of Children's Playground, which was the largest camp in Golden Gate park housing about 3,000 refugees, and where they built a variety of storage supply structures for distribution of food, clothing and kitchen equipment. (JF)

Golden Gate Park
Portsmouth Square
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Portsmouth Square

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Soldiers standing next to and sitting inside tent in front of Hall of Justice ruins after the 1906 earthquake and fire.

Chinatown
Big Rec Refugee Camp
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Big Rec Refugee Camp

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Golden Gate Park, 1906 Earthquake Refugee Camp. Tent encampment with families

Golden Gate Park
Page & Stanyan
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Page & Stanyan

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to Relief Station distributing supplies after 1906 earthquake. Families waiting in line on sidewalk. A. J. Ahern Liquors at the corner of Page and Stanyan. Tower for Young Men's Hebrew Association at 1966 Page.

Haight Ashbury
Polk near Bay
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Polk near Bay

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest from future Galileo High School over refugee tents. Fort Mason hospital at center. Tents, soldiers, horses, water tower.

Russian Hill
Jefferson Square
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Jefferson Square

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugee camp. Tents, people walking, trees, city in the background

Cathedral Hill
Jefferson Square
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Jefferson Square

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest over earthquake refugee camp with tents to Sacred Heart Church in distance. Clothing distribution, women standing around piles of clothes. [8732, Distributing clothes to the destitute, Refugee Camp, Lafayette Sq., San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A.] (Description from from original stereoview incorrectly identifies the location as Lafayette Park - DG)

Cathedral Hill
View from Presidio Heights
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View from Presidio Heights

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Houses, Call Building in the distance

City Hall Ruins
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City Hall Ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest across Marshall Square to ruins of City Hall behind Pioneer (James Lick) Monument in original location. Five men sit on curb and wooden chairs. Furniture and trunks behind. The French-made cannon at center was a Spanish-American war prize. It is now in the Presidio.

Civic Center