Ruins

Contains 2070 photos

Larkin near Grove
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Larkin near Grove

1906 Earthquake and Fire. View northeast to City Hall ruins, Hall of Records from future site of Civic Auditorium. Streetcar. Rebuilt St. Boniface Church (1908) at right. Duplicate of wnp71.0110.

Civic Center
Fort Mason
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Fort Mason

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking northwest from near Van Ness & Bay. Refugees lined up at tent. Military buildings behind. Post Hospital at left.

Marina
Capp near 17th
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Capp near 17th

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest across Capp to man standing by broken and subsided sidewalk, ruins all around. Temporary railroad tracks laid by Ocean Shore Railway Company to carry debris. [#109]

Mission
Montgomery near Commercial
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Montgomery near Commercial

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruins. Probably Smith Bros at 523 Montgomery

Chinatown
Fire from Bay
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Fire from Bay

1906 Earthquake and Fire, City on fire, Ferry Building at center after 1906 earthquake.

Financial District
Union Square
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Union Square

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view north from Dewey Monument [2195. A Water Station in Business District, San Francisco] Earthquake refugees and Temple Emanu-El Ruins in background.

Downtown / Union Square
South Van Ness near 17th
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South Van Ness near 17th

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Howard St at time of Earthquake, Ross Main 1906.] Earthquake damaged homes on Howard St, now South Van Ness

Mission
7th & Mission
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7th & Mission

1906 Earthquake and Fire, US Post Office Building. Men ogling women. People milling about. After earthquake.

South of Market
Geary & Fillmore
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Geary & Fillmore

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Albert Pike Memorial Temple ruins after 1906 earthquake. [Lipman Foto]

Western Addition
Old City Hall
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Old City Hall

1906 Earthquake and Fire, City Hall the day before the fire. Copyright 1906. Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 156] Looking south on Larkin St. between Golden Gate and McAllister.

Civic Center
Kearny near Clay
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Kearny near Clay

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north on Kearny near Clay, Hall of Justice Ruins on right, Telegraph Hill in the distance. [Up Kearny St Hall of Justice, Copyright 1906. Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 157]

Chinatown
California near Kearny
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California near Kearny

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast across California to ruins of Safe Deposit Building before demolition of upper floors, Merchants Exchange Building. In distance left, Mutual Life Insurance Building at Sansome Corner. [Clearing of Rubbish, Merchants Exchange Copyright 1906. Pillsbury Picture Co. No 159] Earthquake ruins

Financial District
Van Ness & Turk
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Van Ness & Turk

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Turk. Same image as wnp59.00078, different cropping. [Down Turk from Van Ness. Copyright 1906. Pillsbury Picture Co. No 142]

Tenderloin
Embarcadero
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Embarcadero

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view across what is now Embarcadero to twisted tracks, downed electrical lines and basalt block roadway. Lamppost reads 'East St.' [Earthquake Damage on Water St. Copyright 1906, Pillsbury Picture Co. 147]

View from Bay
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View from Bay

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Italian quarter burning. Copyright 1906. Pillsbury Picture Co. #149] View toward docks and Russian Hill.