Contains 2070 photos
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest on 6th Street from about Misson. Refugees in street with possessions including trunks, sewing machine, crutches. Bread line with Ruins of Hotel Phillips at 6th and Stevenson in the background left.
South of Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Streetcar tracks and street bucked in front of Post Office / Federal Courthouse. Superior version of WNP27.0283
South of Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west on Mission to fires burning and rubble in streets following earthquake. Gunst Cigars on northwest corner in Aronson Building (built 1903).
South of Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west to pedestrians walking through rubble on McAllister St. Hall of Records at left, old City Hall beyond. Hibernia Bank at right.
Tenderloin
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east from Market on Grant towards Mutual Savings Bank, Palace Hotel, Monadnock Building, and Call Building. [Skyscrapers which stood the test of Earthquake and Fire]
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view north on 8th Street toward Market, Marshall Square, Pioneer Monument, City Hall Ruins in the background.
South of Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west from about Larkin between O'Farrell and Geary. Ruins and fire damage. St. Mary's Cathedral on Van Ness (restored, then destroyed by fire in 1962) in the background left. At right, ruins of the Concordia Club at Van Ness & Post Streets. In center, 8 story brick apartment building on Geary.
Tenderloin
1906 Earthquake and Fire, A very young boy in traditional Chinese clothes standing near a junk pile (possibly ruins). Temporary building in background
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast from about Liberty Street east of Dolores, possibly from the back window of a house. Two separate columns of smoke show the Hayes Valley 'Ham and Eggs' Fire and the fire Downtown. City Hall ruins at center, Spires of St. Ignatius Church and College to left. Youth Directory (19th and Linda Streets, site of Mission Pool today) at right. Most buildings in the view would be destroyed by fire. (exact time should be calculable)
Dolores Heights
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view south on South Van Ness (then Howard) toward 18th Street. Residences toppled off their foundations, rift visible in the street. Part of what came to be known as the 'Drunken Houses' on the edge of the burn zone. Bernal Heights in the background.
Mission
Ocean Beach. View north toward ruins of second Cliff House, after fire. Many spectators.
Sutro Heights
Second Cliff House. Charred ruins following fire Viewed from slope of Sutro Heights. [Cliff House Site and Ruins After Fire Sept 7, 1907...]
Sutro Heights
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east from rubble near Larkin to ruins of old City Hall following 1906 earthquake.
Civic Center
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Chinatown] View northeast over ruins from Nob Hill. Horse-drawn wagon crossing intersection of Sacramento and Stockton at left center. Telegraph Hill at left, old Hall of Justice at center.
Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Grace Church] View southeast across California to ruins of Grace Church.
Nob Hill