Market & Polk
Elevated view northeast across Market to sailors marching in parade during visit of the Great White Fleet. Ruins of old City Hall and Hall of Records in background. Grand Central Hotel on left.
Civic CenterRuins
Contains 2070 photos
Bush near Montgomery
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest across Bush to people gathered at rebuilt headquarters of the San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board (opened August, 1906); crowd walking, possibly watching demolition, Gundlach Bundschu winery wagon at left. Pacific States Telephone Building, 445 Bush, in background
Downtown / Union Square
Claus Spreckels Mansion
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west across Van Ness Avenue at Clay, post fire [Claus Spreckles (Sic) # Mansion]
Polk Gulch
Hall of Justice
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Washington & Kearny. Old Hall of Justice in ruins [Hall of Justice #6, Pillsbury Picture Co.#300]
Chinatown
Market near Powell
1906 Earthquake and Fire, The Emporium Building [Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 310, EMPORIUM 59], ruins of California Academy of Sciences. Same image as wnp59.00033.
South of Market
Market near Pine
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking east to Ferry Bldg., Sightseers through rubble
Financial District
City Hall ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, The view along City Hall Avenue showing building and colonnade leading to Hall of Records following 1906 quake
Civic Center
Eddy, Powell & Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast across Market to ruins of Emporium (Parrott) Building, corner of Flood Building at left.
Downtown / Union Square
Pine near Taylor
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north to top of Nob Hill, Fairmont Hotel & Flood Mansion after quake.
Lower Nob Hill
Hamilton Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugee Camp. Geary near Steiner, looking southwest to Hamilton Grammar School, Girls High School and Calvary Cemetery
Lower Pacific Heights
Kearny near Geary
1906 Earthquake and Fire, gutted post fire, looking south from Kearny to Call Building, Flannery Building Mutual Savings Bank Building
Downtown / Union Square
Eddy Near Mason
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east down Eddy to ruins of Poodle Dog Restaurant, Flood Building, Emporium
Tenderloin
Near Powell & Market Sts.
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to earthquake and fire ruins of Flood Bldg.,hundreds of sightseers, Mutual Savings Bank Building, Emporium, Call Bldg. [Powell and Market St. #69, Pillsbury Picture Co. No.260]
Downtown / Union Square
California & Kearny
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Post earthquake. Looking East from center of California to ruins of San Francisco Savings Union (1894, William Curlett architect), German Savings and Loan Society, Parrott Building, or Parrott Block (1852, Architect Stephen Williams), Kohl Building. On right, Safe Deposit Building before demolition of upper stories, Merchant's Exchange, Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York Building in distance. Workers shoveling debris, people walking. [California St. Looking East #60 PP277]
Financial District
Golden Gate Park
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Strawberry Hill; Sweeny Observatory Ruins a gift to the park from Thomas U. Sweeney (Sweeney's name was misspelled on the observatory.) [Observatory Ruins G.G. Park No. 7495]
Golden Gate Park