Contains 352 photos
1906 Earthquake and Fire, People with trunks, mattresses, and wagons in street. Smoke from the fire in background. 1906 earthquake and fire refugees in street with personal possessions. [Copyright 1906 Clinton Johnson #3][Refugees camping in front of Ferry Building]
Financial District
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on O'Farrell toward the Call Building. People in street watching the fire approaching from South of Market. Hotel Dolores (532 O'Farrell) and St. George Hotel.
Tenderloin
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Embarcadero (then East Street) at Market. View west across Embarcadero toward burning Victorian Building with water being pumped on it. Magnolia Cafe, Pacific Ticket Office, 2 East Street South. (wnp27.1341 for a slightly earlier view)
Financial District
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Embarcadero (then East Street) at Market. View West across Embarcadero in front of the Ferry Building up Sacramento Street. Billowing smoke, men gathered with belongings. Hotel Terminus, Ensign Saloon, Pacific Coast Steamship Company, Bowers Rubber Company 24 Sacramento, with partially collapsed wall.
Financial District
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west toward the Ferry Building, columns of smoke both north and south of Market
View south on Central towards fire at the corner of Fell, Golden Gate Park Panhandle in background. People gathered watching firefighters.
Panhandle
View northeast from Nob Hill of approaching fire after earthquake. Old St. Mary's Church. Kohl Building, Merchants Exchange building.
Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, elevated view southeast from Pine above Grant, of approaching fire after earthquake. Pacific States Telephone Building at left. In distance along Market St., Palace Hotel, Chronicle Annex, Hearst Examiner Building, Call Building, Mutual Savings Bank Building. Goldberg Bowen & Co., 230 Sutter, Shreve Building. Western turret of California Hotel and Theatre at far left, across from Pacific States Telephone Building.
Chinatown
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south from Nob Hill after earthquake to approaching fire. First Congregational Church at Post and Mason at center. St. Francis Hotel and Union Square at left. [2] Probably taken from Mark Hopkins residence.
Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to refugees at base of the Dewey Monument as fire approaches. Lengfeld's Pharmacy. Whittell Building under construction. Marchands Building on corner of Geary and Stockton. Call Building dome, City of Paris, and Butler Building on far right under construction.
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view south across Market to 3rd Street and seven-story Winchester Hotel burning at southwest corner of 3rd and Stevenson Street, next to H. Schoene photograph gallery. Aronson Building beyond. Soldiers and others look on View south to fire after earthquake. Hearst (Examiner) Building on left. Call Building on right. [Copyrighted By Stewart & Rogers] [Bear Photo S.F. 43]
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on 6th Street from Market. Billowing smoke, soldiers and National Guard watching from street. Original David Hewes Building and Hale Bros. Dept. Store Annex on left.
South of Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west on Mission to fires burning and rubble in streets following earthquake. Gunst Cigars on northwest corner in Aronson Building (built 1903).
South of Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast from about Liberty Street east of Dolores, possibly from the back window of a house. Two separate columns of smoke show the Hayes Valley 'Ham and Eggs' Fire and the fire Downtown. City Hall ruins at center, Spires of St. Ignatius Church and College to left. Youth Directory (19th and Linda Streets, site of Mission Pool today) at right. Most buildings in the view would be destroyed by fire. (exact time should be calculable)
Dolores Heights
View from Cliff Road (now Point Lobos Ave.). Sutro's Cliff House burning.
Sutro Heights