Geary near Powell
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Reconstruction, new wing of St. Francis Hotel under construction, fire damage, tents in Union Square [St. Francis Hotel #50 Bushnell Foto Co.]
Downtown / Union SquareRuins
Contains 2070 photos
7th & Mission
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view northeast to Earthquake Ruins, Old Post Office, now US Court of Appeals. Street under repair [S.F. Post Office #19 Bushnell Foto Co.]
South of Market
9th near Brannan
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Damage South of Market West side of 9th between Bryant and Brannan. subsidence of street, sign on building advertises the Annual Meeting of the Alhambra Club on April 29, 1906 [9th and Brannan #87 Bushnell Foto Co.]
South of Market
7th Ave near Irving
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast. 1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, Laguna Honda School. The new school was under construction at the time of the earthquake, the first Laguna Honda School is visible behind the new school. Piles of lumber in street, rubble surrounding building. [Laguna Honda School - 7th & J St. #67 Bushnell Foto Co.]
Sunset Inner
California & Front
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, men milling around, opened safes on the street. [View from California and Front #9 Bushnell Foto Co.]
Financial District
Sutter & Taylor
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, view southeast toward Union Square, Call Building, Whittell Building, St. Francis Hotel north wing under construction at center, First Congregational Church. [Ruins from Sutter and Taylor #5 Bushnell Foto Co.] Same original image as wnp27.7352 with different cropping.
Lower Nob Hill
Market & New Montgomery
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, Palace Hotel from Market Street [Palace Hotel. #38 Bushnell Foto Co.]
South of Market
Jones & Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view northeast to earthquake Ruins, Hibernia Bank and remains of Prager's Department Store (Murphy Building) in foreground, Flood Mansion, Fairmont Hotel, First Congregational Church and St. Francis Hotel in background.. [16894 Powel [Sic], Mason, Tailor [Sic], Stockton, Dupont, Kearney [Sic] and Montgomery Streets, Great Earthquake, San Francisco]
Tenderloin
View from Ferry Tower
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, view west on Market Street [General view of burned area (Market St. on left)from Ferry Tower
California near Powell
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View East, Old St. Mary's at left Grace Church at right [8709. Looking down California St.--Ferry Building in distance. Duplicate of wnp24.0089a.jpg
Nob Hill
Kearny near Broadway
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on Kearny Street from Telegraph Hill. Rubble, man walking with cane up the hill, damaged buildings in background, cable car tracks. Various buildings in background: Columbus Tower, Hall of Justice, de Young Building Annex, Call Building, Mills Building, Kohl Building, Merchant's Exchange Building. [(18) 8718 Overlooking Kearney St. - lower burned area from Telegraph Hill - San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A. Copyright 1906 by H. C. White Co.]
North Beach
Union near Steiner
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Damage, View southeast across Union to road subsidence and soldier with rifle posing. Chinn-Beretta Optical sign painted on fence. At left, St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church (1891). [8224 Union Street sunk by the great earth convulsion which destroyed the city] (travel notes on back)
Cow Hollow
Washington & Sansome
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Damage, elevated view southwest over Chinatown to Nob Hill. Montgomery Block at left [13288. View from the rear of the Hall of Justice -- Fairmount Hotel in the distance. San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Disaster of April 18, 1906.] Notes on back.
North Beach
Eddy & Mason
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Eddy to northeast corner, ruins of Poodle Dog Restaurant, Flood Building, Emporium. [13280.The James Flood Building and Poodle Dog Restaurant . Victims of the Common Fate--San Francisco Disaster of April 18, 1906] Notes on back.
Tenderloin
O'Farrell & Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to Earthquake and Fire, [20615. The Call Building in a Maelstrom of Flames. The Great San Francisco fire completing the devastation of the famous Spreckels' structure ] Mutual Savings Bank Building at left
South of Market