3rd & Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Hearst Building on fire
South of MarketSmoke
Contains 352 photos
2nd & Mission
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest on Second toward Mission, fire burning at 2nd & Mission, Thumler and Rutherford bookbinders, 609 Mission, southwest corner of 2nd & Mission, Steinberger & Kalisher kid gloves, (hand colored). Bourdette Building at right. [The Fire on Sansome St. (Sic)]
Financial District
Market near Turk
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Market of buildings burning, fire hoses, pumper, Admissions Day (Native Sons) Monument, Flood Building, Call Building, Emporium, remaining archway of Emma Spreckels Building (hand colorized) [Market St. from 5th]
Tenderloin
Kearny near Maiden Lane
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view South on Kearny near Sutter toward Call Building in flames. Raphael's clothiers at Maiden Lane corner, M.A. Gunst opposite. Street clock reads 10:40. 700 Market Building, Mutual Savings Bank Building. At the time of this photo, Maiden Lane was called Union Square Alley. The name had been changed from Morton Street to Union Square Avenue in 1898, two years after the brothels had been cleared out, at the request of local businessmen to rid the alley of the associations of its former name, and to create a new association with the retail district around Union Square. It was renamed again in 1909, to Manila Alley, and again in 1922 to Maiden Lane.(PF) (hand colored) [Call Building on Fire]
Downtown / Union Square
View from Bay
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View of fire from SF Bay, off approx foot of Howard St. Ferry Building and fire burning South of Market (colorized) [Burning of San Francisco]
View of Fire
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view southeast from about Grant and Pine, Chronicle Annex,Examiner, Goldberg Bowen grocers 230 Sutter, Mutual Savings Bank, Call Building, Shreve Building. [The Examiner on Fire] ( caption is not quite correct, the Examiner is to the left of the Call Building in this view)(partially colorized)
Chinatown
Van Ness near Green
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View North, fire burning, Russian Hill [Residence Section Burning]
Polk Gulch
Market near Grant
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view west from middle of street to police and crowd gathered to watch approaching fire and firefighters spraying water on buildings in the distance. On left, Emporium department store on fire. In distance right, Flood Building. Phelan Building on far right, as yet undamaged. [Emporium on Fire. Copyright 1906. Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 150] Same original image as wnp37.01464.
Downtown / Union Square
3rd from Stevenson
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View South on 3rd from near Stevenson, Aronson building burning in distance at right. Winchester Hotel at right [View Down 3rd St. from Market St.]
South of Market
2nd & Howard
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Howard from 2nd Street, toward the corner of New Montgomery. fire burning, people watching [Fleeing from the Fire, Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 191] The Hamburg Saloon, Adelaide Hotel on the corner.
South of Market
Kearny near Sutter
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View South from center of Kearny toward burning Call building at 3rd and Market. Chronicle Building and Annex, Hearst Examiner Building, 700 Market building, Mutual Savings Bank Building, Raphael's. [The Burning of the Call Building, Copyright 1906, Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 209]
Downtown / Union Square
Grant near Geary
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View South on Grant from Geary. Crowds of people and smoke south of Market. Hammam Turkish baths on right and original Phelan Building beyond [Grant Avenue During the Fire]
Downtown / Union Square
Unknown Location
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [13350 - An Actual View of The Burning of San Francisco as Seen by an Eye Witness.] Trunks and furniture in street, bicycle, warehouse on fire. South of Market?
San Francisco Burning
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast from about 19th and Sanchez. In lower center, Mission Dolores and parish church, Notre Dame Convent and School, Mission High School. See wnp13.039.
Dolores Heights
San Francisco Burning
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast from about 19th and Sanchez. In lower center, Mission Dolores and parish church, Notre Dame Convent and School, Mission High School. People watching from hill.
Dolores Heights