City Hall Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire. View south on Larkin toward McAllister St. and ruins of City Hall.
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Contains 2070 photos
Bush near Scott
1906 Earthquake and Fire. View east on Bush to street kitchens between Divisadero and Scott. Houses at 2506 to 2510 Bush Street (at left) still standing in 2019. St. Dominic's church in background after damaged steeples had been removed.
Lower Pacific Heights
Market near 4th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south across ruins of Flood Building at southwest corner of 4th and Market. A group of men stands in front of one closed and one open vault door. In the background are the ruins of the Pioneer Building (Society of California Pioneers) at 4th and Pioneer Place. The United States National Bank was located at 805 Market St. in the Flood Building after April, 1905. It advertised that its safe deposit vaults were conveniently located on the ground floor. Iron girder in foreground. Poster on wall for Easton Addition, Burlingame. Same building as in wnp37.00135.
South of Market
Pine near Grant
1906 Earthquake and Fire, elevated view southeast from Pine above Grant, of approaching fire after earthquake. Pacific States Telephone Building at left. In distance along Market St., Palace Hotel, Chronicle Annex, Hearst Examiner Building, Call Building, Mutual Savings Bank Building. Goldberg Bowen & Co., 230 Sutter, Shreve Building. Western turret of California Hotel and Theatre at far left, across from Pacific States Telephone Building.
Chinatown
1906 Fire
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south from Nob Hill after earthquake to approaching fire. First Congregational Church at Post and Mason at center. St. Francis Hotel and Union Square at left. [2] Probably taken from Mark Hopkins residence.
Nob Hill
Unknown Location
1906 Earthquake and Fire. Men moving a safe among ruins.
Sutter & Sansome
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View to northwest corner and ruins of former 3 story London Paris and American Bank, which would within a few months reopen in the repaired first story. Mills Building in background, rear of Merchants Exchange at right. Soldiers milling about ruins. [NW]
Financial District
5th & Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire. View southwest to soldiers standing in ruins, pointing east. Chimneys of Old Mint in background, ruins of Lincoln School on left.
South of Market
2nd & Jessie
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Large number of rescuers at the Wilcox House, collapsed rooming house on southwest corner of 2nd & Jessie. [Rooming House at Third and Mission (Sic)]
Financial District
Merchant & Montgomery
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view west over ruins to Fairmont Hotel with Hall of Justice in foreground. Probably taken from roof of Montgomery Block, present site of Transamerica Pyramid. Grace Church at far left in distance.
Financial District
Market near 6th
1906 Earthquake and Fire ruins. View northeast toward Flood and Call Buildings in distance. Ruins of Hale Bros. Department Store at right.
South of Market
Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to refugees at base of the Dewey Monument as fire approaches. Lengfeld's Pharmacy. Whittell Building under construction. Marchands Building on corner of Geary and Stockton. Call Building dome, City of Paris, and Butler Building on far right under construction.
Downtown / Union Square
Valencia near 18th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Valencia St. Bet. 18th and 19th] View south. Bent cable car tracks. Men clearing rubble. Perhaps laying sewer line after 1906 earthquake and fire. Bernal Heights in background left. Ruins of Youth Directory (19th and Linda, then Angelica) at far right.
Mission Dolores
4th & Jessie
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast towards Call, Chronicle Annex and Mutual Savings Bank Buildings in distance left. Two men standing with ruins behind. Street names on gas lamppost.
South of Market
Valencia & 19th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Valencia St. near 19th, Stoddard] View south of road and cable car track damaged after 1906 earthquake.
Mission Dolores