Contains 2070 photos
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view southeast to Old City Hall ruins after earthquake. Ads on walls and temporary buildings. Miller Bros. Carriage & Wagonmakers in temporary building at 315 McAllister. Ads posted on buildings for Ghirardelli Chocolate.
Civic Center
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake damage, debris collapsed in street, building burning in distance. [14. Copyright Pillsbury Picture Co. 1906 Sacramento St.]
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Rescuing victims after the Earthquake, collapsed building, fire approaching. View southeast across Golden Gate.[Rescuing Earthquake Victims]
Tenderloin
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view south, Collapsed Street, cable car line damage
South of Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake and Fire Damage looking east from Market and O'Farrell; Mutual Savings Bank Building at left, Palace Hotel, Monadnock Building, Hearst Examiner Building, Call Building, Call Building Annex, Kamm Building. Eiler's Music Co., Bancroft History Building at right. Many people walking on street. Cropped duplicate of wnp14.0438.jpg. [Call Bld Chas. Bailey L.A. #68]
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to earthquake damaged drunken houses along South Van Ness (then Howard) between 17th and 18th. [Howard St. bet 17th & 18th St., 27]
Mission
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south through arch of Corinthian columns of ruined apartment building to wrecked City Hall and Dome. Hall of Records at left. The building was under construction at the time of the earthquake and fire. Construction had gotten only as far as partial completion of the walls for the first floor and completed later as the Cornelia Apartments, 641 O'Farrell, extant 2018. [City Hall from O'Farrell St. 28]
Tenderloin
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest across intersection to large number of rescuers at the Wilcox House, collapsed rooming house on southwest corner of 2nd & Jessie. North side of Crossley Building in background center.
Financial District
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on Kearny to people walking among the ruins. From left, Palace Hotel, Monadnock Building, Chronicle Building and Annex, Call Building, Mutual Savings Bank Building.
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west from center of street to Fairmont Hotel, Grace Church, Old St. Mary's Cathedral. People walking in street, particularly at Grant intersection.
Financial District
1906 Earthquake and Fire, refugees gathered around Pioneer (JamesLick) Monument in Marshall Square, at corner of Hyde and Grove Streets. Ruins of City Hall in background.
Civic Center
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking southeast. View over burned parts of Mission after earthquake and fire, from Park Hill Avenue. Corona Heights at right.
Buena Vista
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Bush from Pierce towards ruins St. Dominic's Church after earthquake. Taken after April 18, 1906 earthquake, but before south tower of church was pulled down on May 14, 1906.
Lower Pacific Heights
1906 Earthquake and Fire, woman with burned out California Street Cable cars
Polk Gulch
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west across Van Ness near Clay Street. After fire, man with bicycle. [Claus Spreckels House After]
Polk Gulch