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.
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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
California near Powell
Elevated view west on California between Powell and Mason. California Street Cable Cars (dummy and trailer), Flood Mansion at center, David Porter Mansion (later site of the Fairmont Hotel) at right. Stanford and Mark Hopkins Mansions at left. (Cropped version of wnp37.00389)
Nob Hill
Market near Montgomery
Elevated view southwest from center of Market toward Montgomery and New Montgomery. Grand Hotel (with Hall's Safe & Lock Works 609-611 Market and Southern Pacific and Central Pacific Freight and Ticket Office 613 Market) and Palace Hotel at left, Crocker Building at right, Call Building and Chronicle Building in the distance. Castro Street cable car #102 at center. [No. 680 Market St. from Montgomery St. west]
Financial District
Post near Kearny
Elevated view east on Post from Kearny toward Market Street. Crocker Bank Building at corner, Wells Fargo Union Trust, Balboa Building at 2nd and Market in the background. The Nevada Bar, M.A. Gunst & Co. at lower left. Entire left block demolished with exception of the banking hall of the Crocker Bank. [No. 2170]
Downtown / Union Square
California & Sansome
View west on California from across Sansome. Left side Fireman's Fund, Insurance Exchange Building, Merchants Exchange Building, Clunie Building. On right, Bank of California, two California Street cable cars #23 at center. Dash signs read 'Exposition via Hyde and Union'
Financial District
Lands End Station
Group of sightseers posed at Lands End Station on the Cliff Line. [Seeing SF on the United Railroads Observation Car. Lands End near the Gate. The old man is there. Can you find him?] (postmark Feb 12, 1906)
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
California near Kearny
Elevated view west toward Nob Hill from a building on California St. between Kearny and Montgomery. California Street at center, Old Saint Mary's Church, Mark Hopkins and Fairmont Hotels, Brockelbank Apartments in background. Pine Street wing of Metropolitan Life Insurance Building under construction. [California Street Hill Piggott Photo]
Financial District
Market & Geary
Elevated view southeast on Market from the intersection of Kearny and Geary. Lotta's Fountain in foreground. Chronicle Building with clock above entrance, Palace Hotel (with Schwabacher Co. in corner retail space), Metropolis Bank Building with United Bank sign atop, Santa Fe building/West Coast Life Insurance, Balboa Building, Underwood Building, PG&E, Matson Lines and Ferry Buildings in distance. [South side of Market showing Palace Hotel 68]
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
Elevated wideangle view southeast from Post and Powell across Union Square. Powell Street cable car #518 at right.[11416]
Downtown / Union Square
Mission & Fremont
View northwest to Peter Donahue's Union Foundry Block [Donahue Building, March 24, 1905]
Financial District
22nd & Valencia
View north across intersection of 22nd and Valencia. Municipal Railway (Muni) 11-Line streetcar #432 (Former MSRy #132 re-numbered #432 in order to avoid confusion with MUNI unit #132) passing Gothic Revival building built 1927 on northeast corner at 3296 22nd Street. Mitch's Drive-In in background right. Birdcage traffic signal.
Mission
California & Market
View southwest from California and Market. California Street cable car #14 at terminal. Advertisement for Pope & Talbot centennial on top of cable car. Matson Building, PG&E Building, Fife Building in background.
Financial District
California near Hyde
View northeast across California between Hyde and Leavenworth. California Street cable car in background. Enterprise Garage at 1350 California at left demolished.
Nob Hill
Market & Stockton
View east on Market toward Call Building. Midway Plaisance 'Big Show Burlesque', Sanborn Vail & Co. Dixon's Hatter & Furnisher, Hearst Examiner Building, Palace Hotel in distance. Lion Drug Co. listed in City Directories 1901-1904
Downtown / Union Square