Ruins

Contains 2070 photos

Hall of Justice
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Hall of Justice

1906 Earthquake and Fire, In ruins. View east on Washington Street. Building rubble, men walking

Chinatown
California near Powell
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California near Powell

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east from Powell Street, after 1906 earthquake and fire. Grace Church at right, Old St. Mary's and Ferry Building center. Building rubble, men walking down street [8709. Looking Down California St. - Ferry Building in distance] Duplicate of wnp24.192a.jpg

Nob Hill
Nob Hill ruins
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Nob Hill ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View of Nob Hill and Chinatown ruins from above Broadway. Fairmont Hotel at right.

Nob Hill
CIty Hall Ruins
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CIty Hall Ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake damaged City Hall Dome from Market & 8th Streets. Horse drawn carts, men walking in street. Pioneer (James Lick) Monument at Marshall Square in center.

South of Market
Market, possibly near Pine
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Market, possibly near Pine

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View of Market looking east post quake, probably near Pine. Ferry Building in background, automobile with "Building Committee" sign. wnp71.1337 possibly other image from stereoview card. (8717, Dynamiting dangerous walls on Market St., after the fire. San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A.)

Financial District
Earthquake Damaged Piers
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Earthquake Damaged Piers

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View from Ferry Building tower looking north, down to 2 collapsed piers. Docked ferry in foreground. Various vessels on bay.

Financial District
View up Market
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View up Market

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west up Market, taken from Ferry Building. Damaged buildings, people walking, rubble on street and sidewalks.

Financial District
3rd near Jessie
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3rd near Jessie

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north up 3rd Street toward Market with debris still in street and burned out streetcar. Ruins of Kamm Building, Call Building and Annex, Mutual Savings Bank Building. [8726, Call Bldg. and U.S. Savings Bank, trolley caught in wreck, 3rd St., San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A.]

South of Market
Market & Embarcadero
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Market & Embarcadero

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View of Market Street from Ferry Building tower with ruined buildings, people walking, automobiles, tents, smoke rising

Financial District
Ferry Building & ruins
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Ferry Building & ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to Ferry Building (with scaffolding on tower) from Telegraph Hill. Damaged buildings in foreground, 2 men standing in middle of ruins looking down

Financial District
Fillmore near Sutter
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Fillmore near Sutter

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest to St. Dominic's Church at Bush and Steiner with damaged steeples. Taken after April 18, 1906 earthquake and before May 14, 1906, when south tower was pulled down. Taken from rooftop with houses, buildings in foreground. [8195 - St. Dominick's Church, with domes wrecked by the great earthquake. San Francisco, Cal. Underwood and Underwood Publishers]

Lower Pacific Heights
Market Street near Grant
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Market Street near Grant

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east towards Mutual Savings Bank, Chronicle Building, Call Building People walking, horse drawn carriages

Downtown / Union Square
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
Geary near Fillmore
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Geary near Fillmore

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Temple Beth Israel damaged by earthquake. Looking south across Geary at Boswell (intersection no longer exists)

Western Addition
St. Dominic's Church
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St. Dominic's Church

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west from Bush near Steiner Street after April 18, 1906 earthquake and before May 14, 1906, when south tower was pulled down.

Lower Pacific Heights