Market near Dolores
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view northeast from sidewalk on Market Street between Dolores and Guerrero. City Hall in the distance at left, Valencia Street cable car powerhouse at center with damage to smokestack.
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Grand Hotel Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to ruins of the Grand Hotel at New Montgomery and Market. Shed built in front for Safe Company.
Financial District
Grant near Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north on Grant from Market, Lumber in the street, a horse and wagon at center. Ruins of the Shreve Building (built 1905) at Post and Grant in the background, ruins of Hammam Baths at left.
Downtown / Union Square
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, downtown ruins, possibly view west on Geary
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, ruins and rubble downtown, view northerly toward Russian Hill?
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, view of Downtown, possibly Tenderloin blocks in the burned zone (very dark photo)
15th near Julian
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view west on 15th Street between Julian and Mission. Ruins of St. Francis Hospital at right. Swedish Lutheran Ebenezer Church at 15th & Dolores in background left, Corona Heights and Buena Vista Park in the distance. Houses along the west side of Dolores mark the edge of the burned zone.
Mission
15th near Julian
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view west on 15th Street between Julian and Mission. Ruins of St. Francis Hospital at right. Swedish Lutheran Ebenezer Church at 15th & Dolores in background left, Corona Heights and Buena Vista Park in the distance. Houses along the west side of Dolores mark the edge of the burned zone.
Mission
Market near Powell
1906 Earthquake and Fire, hand colored postcard, view east on Market from Powell, Call Building in background and Emporium at right. [The lower portion of Market Street ablaze during the progress of the fire.]
Downtown / Union Square
5th near Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, hand colored postcard, view northeast across 5th St toward Market. Ruins of the Flood Building at left and Lincoln School at right. [Lincoln School and the new Flood Building at Market and Powell.] [Gift of W. G. Buttgenbach]
South of Market
Hill near Guerrero
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west on Hill Street between Valencia and Guerrero, women with street kitchens set up, Victorian homes still stand.
Dolores Heights
Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view northeast across Union Square, temporary St. Francis Hotel Annex (Little St. Francis) in foreground, built in Union Square following the fire. Dewey Monument and downtown ruins in the background. [Hotel St. Francis Annex]
Downtown / Union Square
Geary near Fillmore
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Geary between Fillmore and Webster, people posed in the street with stoves and street kitchens, cable car tracks in the street. 1st English Evangelical Lutheran Church in the distance. This is fairly soon after the earthquake, initially cooking was required as far as possible from buildings. Later street kitchens were allowed to move to the sidewalk. (JF) This area completely demolished in redevelopment. (see also wnp37.00138)
Japantown
Market & New Montgomery
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view southwest across Market toward the Palace Hotel burning. Grand Hotel at left. Same original image in wnp37.01186. [E.F. Ford Palace Hotel copyright 1906]
Financial District
Market & Stockton
Elevated view east on Market from Ellis and Stockton Streets, showing downtown reconstruction projects after 1906 Earthquake. Phelan Building under construction at left, Mutual Savings Bank and Chronicle annex beyond. Call Building, Call Building Annex, Kamm Building in the background at center, Monadnock Building, Metropolis Trust & Savings Bank Building (under construction, completed early 1908) beyond. Royal Shoes, Old Crow Saloon (T.M. Ferguson Co.), large signs for 'Future Home of Kragens, The Workingman's Store" and Sorensen Co. Jewelers & Opticians. [Market St.]
Downtown / Union Square