Cosmopolitan Hotel Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest to salvage workers. Ruins of Palace Hotel in distance left. [Ruins of Cosmopolitan Bldg. 1906. SW Corner Bush & Sansome Streets.] [Crocker Estate Album]
Financial DistrictRuins
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Union near Pierce
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Union between Pierce & Steiner Earthquake damaged tracks and cracks in Union St. Street kitchens in distance.
Cow Hollow
7th & Mission
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast from corner to damaged Post Office, people, pushcart vendor[Post Office - Result of Earthquake. #18 Bushnell Foto Co.]
Post & Powell
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north through ruins of Boericke & Runyon homeopathic pharmacy, 330 Post, after the 1906 earthquake.[Fairmont Hotel Looking from Union Square. #32 Bushnell Foto Co.] Portion of Temple Emanu-el at right.
Downtown / Union Square
Chinatown
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking northeast from near Powell and Sacramento. Montgomery block and Hall of Justice in lower right. Telegraph Hill at left, Yerba Buena Island at right. Ruins of Union Grammar School/San Francisco High School/Boys High School/Normal School building on Powell south of Clay, in back of passing carriage. [A.S. Croker #7P3]
Nob Hill
Market near Sansome
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west down Market St. Ruins of Grand Hotel, Palace Hotel, Call Bldg., Crocker Bldg., Postal Telegraph (original Hobart) Bldg. Starting to run electric streetcars on cable car tracks. [View from ferry looking up Market St. #39 Bushnell Foto Co.]
Financial District
Downtown Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest from top of Kohl Building at Montgomery and California Streets. In distance from left: Russian Hill, Hall of Justice on Portsmouth Square, St Francis of Assisi Church, Sentinel Building (Columbus Tower), Telegraph Hill. In the foreground below center, the north side of the 600 block of Commercial Street including: ruin of the 1877 U.S Sub-Treasury building (built on the site of the original U.S. Branch Mint after the Mint moved to 5th & Mission). Curved cornice at lower right is the Italian American Bank at Montgomery and Sacramento Streets, ruins of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building beyond.. [Looking N.W. From Kohl Bldg #79 Bushnell Foto Co.]
Chinatown
Downtown Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Safe Cracking #4 Bushnell Foto Co.]
Call Building
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Call bldg. burning. Burned via elevator. Looking from Post & Kearny
South of Market
St. Francis Hotel
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Workers posed in front of damaged St Francis Hotel on Powell St
Downtown / Union Square
29th Street Car House
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Clock Tower/Gable fell in Earthquake. [The Old Funeral Car - Scene in 29th St Carhouse caused by the terrible earthquake]
Bernal Heights
City Hall
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Before City Hall Burned, morning of April 18th.
Civic Center
Valencia Hotel
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Four stories of debris crushing and drowning about 80 people (there was a creek under the building).
Mission Dolores
Steiner from Sutter
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view north on Steiner Street from Sutter. Ruins of St. Dominic's Church without south spire. Likely just taken down. See wnp37.00145. [Miles Bros #19]
Lower Pacific Heights
St. Dominic's Church
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Close up showing earthquake damage to main entry. Bush & Steiner streets. Taken after April 18, 1906 earthquake, but before south tower of church was pulled down on May 14, 1906, toppling main entry cross.
Lower Pacific Heights