Old United States Mint
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west across 5th Street to Old U.S. Mint. [J.B Moller 46 Photo The Mint]
South of MarketRuins
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Temple Emanu-el
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to gutted temple after earthquake. Site of later 450 Sutter Street Building. Whittell Building under construction.
Downtown / Union Square
Hall of Justice
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruined Hall of Justice from Portsmouth Square. Refugee tents, horse, Kearny jail building with tower askew. [Regina Morton, 1503 Pier Ave., Redondo Beach, Calif.] stamped on back.
Chinatown
Franklin & Golden Gate
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Edge of the fire line, spectators. Victorian homes on Golden Gate on left. Hall of Records visible on far right. Stamped on back [Collier's Weekly.] Also stamped with SFPL address. In pencil, [Effects of Earthquake.]
Civic Center
Golden Gate near Hyde
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to flats which have collapsed. Spectators milling and people on carriages. All to be burned by approaching great fire. Smoke in distance.
Tenderloin
Call Building on fire.
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view southwest across Market to 3rd and Market Streets. Smoke pouring from upper stories of Call Building, other buildings on south side of Market, including Bancroft History Building, show earthquake damage. 700 Market building on right with Hale Dental Co. and projecting electric "Dentist" sign. Hearst Examiner Building on left. Fire hoses in street, top of Lotta's Fountain at bottom. Cropped version of image at wnp37.03403.jpg.
Downtown / Union Square
Larkin near Golden Gate
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Larkin south from Golden Gate. City Hall in ruins. Fire approaching. Conklin Bros. Storage Warehouse and Hotel Argyle and Grill on left. French Laundry on right. Refugees packing wagon to escape.
Civic Center
7th & Stevenson
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on 7th Street. U.S. main Post Office and Courthouse on left. Spectators watching buildings on south side of Mission burn. Grand Southern Hotel on southeast corner. Market and barber shops on right.
South of Market
Hermann & Buchanan
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Beginning of the Great San Francisco Fire... Photo by Moller] View east of different fires before they combined. St. Ignatius Church and City Hall in distance. Protestant Orphanage grounds in foreground.
Mint Hill
Vallejo near Sansome
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Burning of San Francisco Apr. 18, '06. No. 61 Telegraph Hill] View from Telegraph Hill south at fire downtown after earthquake. Crowd of people on bluff watching, Appraisers Building on Sansome at left, Montgomery Block at center, Hall of Justice on Kearny at right.
North Beach
Valencia near 18th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south. Man looking in hole. Cable car tracks. [Sinking of Valencia St. near 18th Street]
Mission Dolores
Stanyan near Beulah
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Sinking of Stanyan str near Golden Gate Park. J.B. Moller Photo] Sink hole in street and damaged Park Emergency Hospital. Refugee tent in park. Mount Sutro in distance.
Cole Valley
Grove & Laguna
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view east down Grove St. Ham and Eggs Fire approaching. Fire at Octavia intersection. Busch & Nelson Carriage Factory 525 Grove, at right. Image cropped from wnp37.02221. [Copyright 1906 by A. Blumberg.]
Hayes Valley
View from Hayes Valley
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [The dawn of April 18th, 1906 copyright Dana & Towers.] Earthquake & Fire, view east from Hayes Valley. Call Building at left, City Hall at right
Cathedral Hill
Mission Dolores
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest across Dolores St. to cemetery, old Mission and Gothic Revival Church, showing earthquake damage.
Mission Dolores