1650 block of York
People watching fire in industrial area
Peralta HeightsSmoke
Contains 352 photos
Fisherman's Wharf
View southeast over fishing boat basin. Tarantino's and DiMaggio's Restaurants, Coit Tower, gas works.
View from Corona Heights
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake & Fire. View northeast past site of McKinley Elementary School, German Hospital (later Franklin, and CPMC Davies) under construction, the future Mint Hill in center. Fire burning from South of Market to the Financial District, 4pm [copies of this same shot with differing dates and times exist].[San Francisco Fire on the 18th at 4 p.m.]
Corona Heights
Jefferson Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to great fire of 1906. Refugees on lawn with their possessions. Jefferson Hotel and City Hall dome visible in distance.
Cathedral Hill
Call Building on fire.
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view southwest across Market to 3rd and Market Streets. Smoke pouring from upper stories of Call Building, other buildings on south side of Market, including Bancroft History Building, show earthquake damage. 700 Market building on right with Hale Dental Co. and projecting electric "Dentist" sign. Hearst Examiner Building on left. Fire hoses in street, top of Lotta's Fountain at bottom. Cropped version of image at wnp37.03403.jpg.
Downtown / Union Square
Larkin near Golden Gate
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Larkin south from Golden Gate. City Hall in ruins. Fire approaching. Conklin Bros. Storage Warehouse and Hotel Argyle and Grill on left. French Laundry on right. Refugees packing wagon to escape.
Civic Center
Union Square
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
7th & Stevenson
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on 7th Street. U.S. main Post Office and Courthouse on left. Spectators watching buildings on south side of Mission burn. Grand Southern Hotel on southeast corner. Market and barber shops on right.
South of Market
Hermann & Buchanan
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Beginning of the Great San Francisco Fire... Photo by Moller] View east of different fires before they combined. St. Ignatius Church and City Hall in distance. Protestant Orphanage grounds in foreground.
Mint Hill
Vallejo near Sansome
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Burning of San Francisco Apr. 18, '06. No. 61 Telegraph Hill] View from Telegraph Hill south at fire downtown after earthquake. Crowd of people on bluff watching, Appraisers Building on Sansome at left, Montgomery Block at center, Hall of Justice on Kearny at right.
North Beach
Market near Battery
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake and fire, Lachman Block at southwest corner Fremont & Market burning, Byron Jackson Pumps 411 Market ; Excelsior Glove Company 415 Market St. Stone face of Samuel Lachman, fallen from facade, is visible in rubble on street in front of building. See wnp27.0875.
Financial District
Larkin near Fulton
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south down Larkin to fire approaching damaged City Hall, columns collapsed onto street. Fulton House on Fulton St. corner at right.
Civic Center
Divisadero near North Point
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake and fire, view northeast from Cow Hollow District, Russian Hill burning, refugees setting up tents, San Francisco Gas Works in distance center.
Marina
Unknown Location
1906 Earthquake and Fire, People gathered around a small stove in the street. [Cooking On The Street No. 32]
Fisherman's Wharf
[#12, Megg's Wharf, Western Photographic Co. L.A. Cal.] Believed to be a February 1903 oil fire near Meiggs' Wharf ( which once extended in the bay between Powell and Mason with an extension that turned east and terminated near today's foot of Taylor Street)
Fishermans Wharf