Ruins

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Grove near Octavia (?)
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Grove near Octavia (?)

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Street Kitchens. Outdoor kitchens on Grove Street. (Indoor fires were forbidden)]

Grant & Clay
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Grant & Clay

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake ruins; police officer; Hall of Justice tower in ruins in background; sign for temporary location of Canton Bazaar

Chinatown
Clay & Walter U Lum Place
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Clay & Walter U Lum Place

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking over Portsmouth Square toward ruins of Hall of Justice

Chinatown
Stockton & Ellis
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Stockton & Ellis

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south toward the shell of Emporium department store from Stockton near the corner of Ellis and Market; makeshift sidewalk restaurant for hot waffles; piles of lumber [The Emporium, Market St.]

Downtown / Union Square
Mason & California
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Mason & California

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest to shell of Flood Mansion; sailor posing with rifle, other sailors at opposite corner.

Nob Hill
Market near 4th
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Market near 4th

1906 Earthquake and Fire, 822 Market; New San Francisco Regal Shoes for Men & Women; Earthquake ruins around new store; City of Paris and Whittell Building in background

Downtown / Union Square
Larkin & Grove
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Larkin & Grove

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north to ruins of City Hall and Hall of Records. Clay sewer pipes stacked on sidewalk, awaiting installation.

Civic Center
9th at Brannan
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9th at Brannan

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [9th St. bet. Bryant & Brannan Sts.] earthquake damage; bent cable car tracks; ruined and collapsed houses; Rainier Restaurant and Chop House in distance

Showplace Square
Ninth near Bryant
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Ninth near Bryant

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [9th St.]; collapsed and ruined houses

South of Market
South Van Ness near 18th
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South Van Ness near 18th

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View slightly north toward Drunken Houses on South Van Ness (then Howard) between 17th and 18th.

Mission
3rd & Market
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3rd & Market

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [3rd & Market Sts.] View north to Kearny Street. Lotta's Fountain in silhouette; Chronicle Building; earthquake rubble

South of Market
South of Market
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South of Market

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [All the' comforts' of home] Three refugee children sit in front of makeshift shelter. View north toward Western Yeast & Vinegar Works (11th near Harrison); St. John's Church on right (?) Location is directly east of the end of the Ocean Shore railroad trestle onto 12th Street, in the vicinity of 11th & Bryant. The Ocean Shore Trestle was built in 1907 and removed in 1909, when the tracks were set at grade. St. Ignatius College on Van Ness is visible in the distance.

South of Market
Eddy & Scott
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Eddy & Scott

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View to Holy Cross Church; Old St. Patrick's Church; earthquake refugee; street kitchens

Western Addition
Majestic Theatre Ruins
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Majestic Theatre Ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Interior view of ruins of Majestic Theatre on 9th and Stevenson, Theatre entrance was 1281 Market near 9th, prior to the fire. [Ruins of theater with two balconies; girders and rubble

South of Market
Fulton near Larkin
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Fulton near Larkin

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to ruins of City Hall dome; refugees; Fulton House on corner. (Present day civic center plaza)

Civic Center