Ruins

Contains 2070 photos

Market & Kearny
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Market & Kearny

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to Grand and Palace Hotels on fire, Lotta's Fountain, Monadnock Building under construction.

Downtown / Union Square
Nob Hill Ruins
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Nob Hill Ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, California & Powell. [Mrs. Stanford's Residence] City Hall in distance

Nob Hill
Berkeley Fire
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Berkeley Fire

Father and son posing with burnt typewriter [Relic of the Berkeley Fire 9-23-23]

Outside SF
Berkeley Fire
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Berkeley Fire

Partially burned house amidst other rubble [Berkeley Ruins 9-23-23]

Outside SF
Berkeley Fire
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Berkeley Fire

View easterly over burned area, Everything destroyed except standing chimneys [Berkeley Ruins 9-23-23]

Outside SF
Berkeley Fire
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Berkeley Fire

Broader view of burned district/areas [Berkeley Ruins 9-23-23]

Outside SF
Unknown ruins
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Unknown ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Man standing among rubble

Hayes near Van Ness
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Hayes near Van Ness

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west on Hayes to ruins of St. Ignatius Church and College. Present site of Davies Symphony Hall.

Civic Center
Spreckels Mansion
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Spreckels Mansion

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest from Van Ness near Sacramento. Fire and quake damage

Polk Gulch
Bush near Montgomery
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Bush near Montgomery

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to Mills Building's fire and quake damage

Downtown / Union Square
18th near Shotwell
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18th near Shotwell

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on brick street split by earthquake [View of one of the gaps torn in the streets.]

Mission
Postcard view of fire
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Postcard view of fire

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to people watching approaching fire after 1906 earthquake, from hilltop. Same image as wnp37.01225. [Van Ness Ave burning. Postcard mailed 09/08/1906]

Cathedral Hill
Filbert near Columbus
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Filbert near Columbus

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruins of the Palace Baths, Alonzo Trueworthy, Proprietor. North Beach. Ten bathtubs in foreground. Ruins of Russian Church, back left. In the far distance, spire of St. Francis Church. [Postcard, A typical scene in the burned district.]

Russian Hill
Unknown location
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Unknown location

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [A sample of the temporary shelters erected by the fugitives.]

Golden Gate Near Hyde
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Golden Gate Near Hyde

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to earthquake damage seen on Golden Gate Avenue, approaching fire in background]. Photo postcard. Small portion of Hall of Records seen in background, center-right.

Tenderloin