Call Building Burning
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake and fire, [Call building in a maelstrom of flame] View from near Union Square
Downtown / Union SquareSmoke
Contains 352 photos
Unknown Location
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Fire burning, billowing smoke, one visible building on fire, people walking around
1906 Fire from Mint Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east from Hermann St., Clinton Mount, showing major fire. Valencia Street Cable Car Powerhouse and smokestack
Mint Hill
Mission near New Montgomery
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake damage, view west from center of street toward north side of Mission between New Montgomery and Annie. P.N. Kuss Paints and Oils, 640 Mission.
South of Market
Sacramento & Drumm
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake and Fire, Buildings burning on west side of Drumm near Sacramento. Power and Pike Sheet Metal Works, 17 Drumm
Financial District
Unknown Location
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake and Fire, fire burning damaged buildings, lower Market Street
Market near Battery
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast across Market to Earthquake and Fire, fire burning, Byron Jackson Machine Works 411 Market in the Lachman Block on the southwest corner of Market and Fremont. Excelsior Glove Company 415 Market St. (After the Lachman building burned, the ruins became a favorite of photographers because of Samuel Lachman's stone face in the rubble - see wnp14.0445. Face is visible in rubble on street in front of building.) Photographer is standing on the Mechanic's Monument
Financial District
Merchant near Sansome
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake damage, Produce District, View southwest across Merchant St. to 517 Merchant National Fish Co., 519-521 Biagini & Co., Maggio Dondero & Co., earthquake devastation and dead horses. [National Fish Co. across from Henry's saloon]
Financial District
Kearny & Post
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on Kearny toward Market Street, Fire burning South of Market Call Building and Hearst Buildings not yet on fire. Raphael's (Maiden Lane intersection) and Roos Brothers (27-37 Kearny) on right
Downtown / Union Square
Market near Gough
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view north across Market to crowd watching approaching fire, Burke's Saloon, 1st Infantry Regiment Armory in background, at southeast corner of Page and Gough Streets.
South of Market
Market near Battery
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east from center of Market at crowd watching approaching fire, 306 Market stationers sign at left
Financial District
Grant near Geary
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on Grant toward Market, Crowd watching fire;City of Paris Department Store on left at Geary corner, Hammam Baths, 11-13 Grant, on right. Phelan Building corner tower beyond.
Downtown / Union Square
Unknown Location
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Fire pump/firemen; horse and wagon, Wood & Co. in ruins, fire approaching, Mahoney political sign
Market & Valencia
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Late afternoon, view southeast across Market to Market St. Cable Railway Power House with damaged chimney; fire sweeping into the Mission
Lower Haight
Unknown Location
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Unknown location; collapsed building with smoke in background