Ruins

Contains 2070 photos

Nob Hill
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Nob Hill

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Woman standing amidst rubble. View from Nob Hill looking northeast across ruins of Chinatown to Telegraph Hill.Yerba Buena Island in distance right.

Unknown Location
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Unknown Location

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugees living in tents among the ruins. Trees in background. (view west from the north side of Russian Hill?)

Eddy near Larkin
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Eddy near Larkin

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south from ruins along Eddy St between Hyde and Larkin towards City Hall, showing total destruction.

Tenderloin
California near Battery
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California near Battery

View northwest to Earthquake damage, people posed in front of collapsed building. Pacific Pump Manufacturing was located at 319 California Street. Muybridge 447 'California street after Earthquake, October 21, 1868.'[Helios]

Financial District
Battery & Clay
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Battery & Clay

People (some wearing badges) in front of 'A.S. Rosenbaum Co. Tobacco & Cigar Warehouse' at southeast corner of Battery & Clay Streets. Superior version of WNP26.649. Muybridge 'Railroad House after Earthquake, October 21, 1868'.

Financial District
Market near Ellis
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Market near Ellis

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view northeast on Market, Mutual Savings Bank Building, Ferry Building in the distance. Debris not yet cleared from street.

Downtown / Union Square
Market near Grant
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Market near Grant

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east on crowded Market St. toward Call Building, Call Building Annex, Kamm Building, many people walking. Palace Hotel and Monadnock Building in distance left, Aronson Building at far right.

Downtown / Union Square
Market near 3rd
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Market near 3rd

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view southeast across Market toward the the Monadnock Building, which had been under construction at the time of the earthquake and fire. Hearst Building demolished.

Downtown / Union Square
Pine near Jones
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Pine near Jones

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Pine between Jones and Taylor, Fairmont Hotel in background

Nob Hill
Larkin near Grove
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Larkin near Grove

1906 Earthquake and Fire, looking northeast toward ruins of City Hall at the corner of Larkin and City Hall Avenue. Ruins of St. Boniface Church at far right. Clay sewer pipe sections stacked in street.

Civic Center
California near Stockton
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California near Stockton

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on California from Stockton, Old St Mary's Church at left. Kohl Building, Merchants Exchange and Mills building in the distance.

Chinatown
Bush near Jones
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Bush near Jones

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast from Bush near Jones, Flood Mansion and Fairmont Hotel in the background

Lower Nob Hill
Market & Battery
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Market & Battery

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest from Market and Battery. Part of the Mechanics Monument at right, Merchants Exchange in the background.

Financial District
Portsmouth Square
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Portsmouth Square

1906 Earthquake and Fire. [20619 Soldiers served with supper at Portsmouth Square. Princely ruins of San Francisco's splendid Hall of Justine in background.]

Chinatown
St. Dominic's Church
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St. Dominic's Church

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest from Bush toward Steiner Street and the front of St. Dominic's Church after the damaged towers were pulled down on May 14th,1906

Lower Pacific Heights