South of Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugees eating at long table with City Hall ruins in background, Genthe Photos [SC60] [SC61]
South of MarketRuins
Contains 2070 photos
California near Mason
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Sailor at attention guarding ruins on Nob Hill. Entrance pillars to former Hopkins Art Institute at left. Genthe Photos [SC61]
Nob Hill
Dolores Park
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Dolores Park refugee camp with ruins of Mission District in background, Genthe Photos [SC61]
Mission Dolores
Jones & Clay
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest over Nob Hill with Fairmont Hotel and Flood Mansion, with newspaper corner in background. Genthe Photos [SC61]
Nob Hill
Union near Steiner
1906 Earthquake and Fire,View west on Union Street past collapsed roadway and cable tracks. Large mansion with tower at southwest corner of Pierce and Union was built circa 1884 by wealthy attorney and landowner David Bixler. Genthe Photos [SC61]
Cow Hollow
South of Market ruins
View northeast over earthquake ruins with City Hall ruins in background, view from Mission & Duboce. Margaret Neiderholzer Collection.
Mission
Memorial Museum
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Golden Gate Park. View northeast to Memorial Museum, damage on west facade after earthquake. Originally constructed as the Fine Arts Building for 1894 Midwinter Fair, it was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum. Building at left was originally the Royal Bavarian Pavilion at the 1894 Fair. It was converted into an annex to the Memorial Museum. Clary Collection
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Sharon building damage after earthquake, Clary Collection
Golden Gate Park
City Hall in ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to City Hall in ruins after earthquake with horse and wagon passing. Larkin Street side. Clayton St Family Collection
Civic Center
South Van Ness near 17th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Drunken Houses on South Van Ness (then Howard) between 17th and 18th, 2119 Howard in state of deconstruction. Clayton St Family Collection [SC90]
Mission
Valencia near 19th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Valencia St after earthquake, looking south to Bernal Heights, temporary sewer lines on both sides of street, buckled cable car tracks. Clayton St Family Collection
Mission Dolores
North Beach ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, North Beach in ruins after 1906 earthquake and fire, looking south from Kearny above Filbert. On horizon from left, Chronicle Annex, Call Building, Whittell Building, Grace Church, Fairmont Hotel, Flood Mansion. Ruins of St. Francis of Assisi Church on Vallejo near Montgomery Ave. (Later Columbus) Manning Collection
Telegraph Hill
Mission District Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruins of Mission District with man walking up Hermann Street, Fairmont Hotel Collection [F4293]
Mint Hill
Market near Fremont
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast on Market to earthquake and fire rubble, toward the sculpted face of Samuel Lachman, which fell from the top of Lachman's Block, a large building at Market and Fremont Street [Ruins on Market Street Cummings photo]
Financial District
City Hall ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking northeast near intersection of Larkin, Grove and City Hall Avenue.
Civic Center