Van Ness & Post
View northwest to The Emporium, temporary location very soon after 1906 Earthquake and Fire. 1201 Van Ness, NW corner at Post. Converted from Hecht residence.
Civic CenterSoldier
Contains 27 photos
Powell & Union
View southeast across Union St. to Muni E-Line streetcar with passengers boarding.
Russian Hill
Presidio
Main post. View west on Sheridan Avenue. Cannon and old Guardhouse with belfry (replaced by 1900 Guardhouse in different location, presently Presidio Visitor Center). Montgomery Street barracks in background.
Presidio
Valencia near 18th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Valencia between 18th & 19th, Looking northwest toward Mission High school, Corona Heights and Buena Vista Park. Ruins of Mission Dolores church, background right, duplicate of wnp27.5476
Mission
Camp Merritt
[Co. A Neb / James. F. Helton?] Spanish-American War, Nebraska Volunteers lined up for chow. (location is approximate)
Richmond Inner
Palace Hotel Burning
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Burning on April 18, 1906. View southwest across Market to New Montgomery intersection and Palace Hotel, with Grand Hotel at left. Same original image as wnp37.01186. [E.F. Ford, Palace Hotel, Copyright 1906, 'Sunday July 6, 1906, With best wishes from Jack, wife and little daughter, J. Edwards']
Financial District
Market & 6th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view south on 6th Street at approaching fire. Soldier with rifle standing in street. Van Vroom Dental Parlor, Chicago Dental Parlor at right. Original Hewes Building, Hale Bros. Department Store annex at left.[7]
South of Market
Angel Island
Point Stuart Battery, Army officer holding parasol with two women and a dog. Three 32-pounder cannon on wooden carriages, which appear deteriorated. These guns were installed during the Civil War and decommissioned in the 1870's. (One source attributes this photo to Carleton Watkins.)
Outside SF
Camp Merritt
View South from about California Street and Arguello toward Lone Mountain and Odd Fellows Cemetery. Camp Merritt had two sections, located north and south of Geary Street (then Point Lobos). Narrow gauge tracks in foreground for the Ferries & Cliff House Railroad.
Laurel Heights / Jordan Park
Kearny near Clay
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north on Kearny near Clay, Hall of Justice Ruins on right, Telegraph Hill in the distance. [Up Kearny St Hall of Justice, Copyright 1906. Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 157]
Chinatown
View of San Francisco
Looking from Yerba Buena Island; back of photo reads, 'The City of San Francisco from Goat Island in San Francisco Bay. 1928'; silhouette of officer in right foreground.
Yerba Buena Island
Golden Gate
View from military (?) ship to Golden Gate Bridge and bay beyond. [Collection taken together from wnp27.5747-wnp27.5767]
Alcatraz Island
[320--San Francisco from Alcatraz Island.] Soldiers posed while loading a 15-inch caliber Rodman cannon in Battery Prime at southeast tip of island. Telegraph Hill and North Beach in distance.
Alcatraz Island
[209--San Francisco, from Alcatraz Island.] Soldiers posing next to 15-inch caliber Rodman cannon in Battery Prime at southeast tip of island. Telegraph Hill in distance.
Fort Mason
Soldier and auto at entrance to Commanding General's House (Quarters 1), Fort Mason.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason