Contains 107 photos
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north to east side of South Van Ness (then Howard Street) toward 'Drunken Houses' between 17th and 18th Streets. Victorian homes tipped from earthquake, groups of people on sidewalk. Similar to wnp37.03121.
Mission
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Crowd gathered around ruins at unknown location. [Partial sign, Miner(?) Whol(?)]
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north looking at Mason from Market Street. Native Sons monument (aka Admission Day Monument and Phelan Monument) at center of frame. [Ruins Looking UP Mason Street, after Earthquake, April 18, 1906.] It was moved to Golden Gate Park in 1948 and returned to Market and Montgomery in 1977.
Tenderloin
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast across Merchant St. to ruins in produce district with wagons destroyed and horses killed by falling debris. Taken before fire destroyed the area..[Destroyed Wholesale Houses] Taken on morning of earthquake before fire burned the area.
Financial District
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast across Merchant St. to ruins in produce district with wagons destroyed and horses killed by falling debris. Taken before fire destroyed the area. [What the Earthquake Did In Half A Minute.]
Financial District
1906 Earthquake and Fire, "No. 243. Ruins on Mission Street with cattle killed by debris in the street and a man surveying damage. [Cattle killed on Mission Street by the earthquake, April 18, 1906]
Downtown
1906 Earthquake and Fire, People walking across horsecar tracks near horsecar terminal in front of Ferry Building, with ruins in background.
Financial District
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View from Nob Hill at about Powell and Sacramento showing the Hall of Justice, Montgomery Block, Yerba Buena Island and Telegraph Hill. [San Francisco Ruins AFter Fire and Earthquake of April 18, 1906.]
Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View from Stockton between Sacramento and Clay at ruins on Nob Hill with the Fairmont Hotel visible on hill. [Fairmont Hotel After Fire and Earthquake.]
Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View looking west towards Nob Hill from the top of the Kohl Building located at Montgomery and California, showing Kearny and California with Old St. Mary's Church, Old Grace Cathedral, and Fairmont Hotel. "5010. A view of the ruins of the Nob Hill District, looking up California Street...after the disaster of April 18-20, 1906. Fairmont Hotel at the crest of the hill."
Financial District
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking east on O'Farrell from Jones showing the back of the St. Francis Hotel, the Whitell Building, the Butler Building (later I. Magnin) and the Flood Building in ruins in the distance. [The Great Earthquake and Fire...View looking down O'Farrell Street.]
Tenderloin
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View looking south on Kearney from Bush showing the Chronicle Building, Call Building, and the Mutual Bank Building in ruins. [A view of the ruins on Kearney Street (the retail district) after ...April 18, 1906.]
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View from O'Farrell near Grant, looking east to Market showing Mutual Bank Building, the Monadnock Building, the Examiner Building, the Call Building, and the Bancroft Building in ruins. The tracks of the O'Farrell and Hyde line in the center. [A view down O'Farrell Street down to Market Street, showing the "Call" Building after the San Francisco earthquake and fire...]
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast showing the Donahoe Building at center as well as the Fairmont Hotel and the Flood Building in ruins. [Market & Taylor Sts. Frisco...]
Tenderloin
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east from Market and 6th Street showing the Donahoe Building, FLood Building, Call Building, Emporium, and Hale's Department Store (extant in 2022) in ruins. [224. Market St. from 6th, looking East after the fire.]
Tenderloin