Market near Powell
1906 earthquake and fire. View east towards (left to right) Flood Building, Mutual Savings Bank, Call Building, Emporium.
Downtown / Union SquareRuins
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Downtown Ruins
1906 earthquake and fire. View down an street filled with rubble with ruined buildings on both sides.
City Hall Ruins
1906 earthquake and fire. View north from Larkin and Grove (City Hall Avenue). Ruins of old Civic Center and City Hall
Civic Center
Temple Emanu-el
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Sutter from from Powelltoward ruins of Temple Emanu-el.
Downtown / Union Square
View from Twin Peaks
1906 Earthquake and Fire, expansive view northeast from below Christmas Tree Point toward downtown and burnt district. Corbett Road in the foreground, Kite Hill at center, Corona Heights (with Gray Brothers brick factory) at left. [No. 93 Burnt District from Twin Peaks]
Clarendon Heights
Unknown Location
1906 Earthquake and Fire, woman in makeshift shelter in unknown refugee camp
Valencia near 18th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on Valencia between 18th and 19th. Slumping of Valencia Street with cable car tracks. Temporary sewer on left, another still under construction on right.
Mission Dolores
Unknown Location
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Dynamite Crew preparing to destroy unsafe walls left standing, probably in vicinity of Van Ness and Golden Gate Ave. View west toward unburned section. St. Paulus (Gough and Eddy) in the distance. [The dynamite crew - destroying unsafe walls left standing by earthquake] [U-91337]
Civic Center
Sutter & Taylor
1906 Earthquake and Fire. [Ruins from Sutter & Taylor. #5 Bushnell Foto Co.] View southeast toward Union Square, Call Building, Whittell Building, St. Francis Hotel under construction at center, First Congregational Church. Same original image as wnp15.1267 with different cropping.
Lower Nob Hill
Kearny near Clay
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north on Kearny from Clay, Hall of Justice at right. Telephone pole leaning into the street. Telegraph Hill in background. [8773 Kearney (sic) and Hall of Justice after the great disaster.]
Chinatown
Geary near Van Ness
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east on Geary St. from Van Ness Ave showing earthquake damage and fire in distance. [2206 View from Van Ness Ave SF taken after earthquake just as fire started]
Tenderloin
Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, refugees at water station at foot of Dewey Monument. [A water station in Business District, San Francisco] Spires of Temple Emanu-el on Sutter Street at left.
Downtown / Union Square
3rd & Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view north on 3rd Street towards gutted Chronicle Building undergoing reconstruction. Other post-fire construction work going on in background. Sign at right 'Offices of the Examiner.'
South of Market
Market near New Montgomery
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest across Market towards burned out Chronicle Building and Mutual Savings Bank. Streetcars and pedestrians in street.
Downtown / Union Square
Larkin near McAllister
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view southeast across McAllister to City Hall ruins after the 1906 earthquake
Civic Center