Market & Noe
View west on Market towards Twin Peaks.
CastroTracks
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Jefferson Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire. [Jefferson Square, Refugee Camp May 16th 1906] View northeast over many tents in park. St. Paulus Church at right.
Western Addition
Oakland
West side of Broadway between 10th and 11th Street. Imperial Theatre (1011 Broadway), Ruediger, Loesch, & Zinkand restaurant, Samuel's Jewelry, Theo Gier Wine, J.T. Moran Company. Sign for the nearby T&D Theatre on the roof. Oakland City Hall at background right. The Imperial Theatre opened as the Marlowe in 1908, renamed in 1916, and again in 1934 as the Rex. All buildings on this block have been demolished.
Outside SF
Van Ness & California
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view southeast from Van Ness and California over burn zone (pretty poor reproduction postcard) [2 Van Ness & Calif, A. Lipman pho]
Polk Gulch
California & Jones
1906 Earthquake and Fire, looking east on California St from Jones. Ruins at left of William H. Crocker mansion, present site of Grace Cathedral. Flood Mansion and Fairmont Hotel in distance.
Nob Hill
Sacramento near Van Ness
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view North from Sacramento to south side of Claus Spreckels mansion (corner of Clay and Van Ness) in ruins after 1906 earthquake.
Pacific Heights
McAllister & Van Ness
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east on McAllister from Van Ness toward City Hall ruins at Larkin Street
Civic Center
O'Farrell near Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east on O'Farrell between Market and Stockton. Crowds assembled on O'Farrell Street watching Call/Spreckels Tower on fire. To its right are the Call Annex and Kamm Buildings. The three-story building on the left is the first Cafe Odeon, 8 O'Farrell St., German Restaurant. It moved to the gore corner of Eddy and Market after the earthquake and fire. The Savings Union Bank was built on the site after the earthquake and fire. The Bancroft History Building can be seen on Market with the damaged Pianos sign of F.W. Spencer. Louvre Restaurant marquee at far right. [No.16R Call Building burning from O'Farrell Street](Same image as wnp37.01187 with handwritten caption.)
Downtown / Union Square
Mission & Fremont
View northwest to Peter Donahue's Union Foundry Block [Donahue Building, March 24, 1905]
Financial District
Golden Gate Park
View north on the tracks of the 7-line streetcar. The Dutch Windmill and JFK drive overpass in the background. The former streetcar right-of-way is now part of the walking path.
Golden Gate Park