1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view northeast over rubble and cleared lot after 1906 earthquake and fire to busy scene of reconstruction, pedestrians, horses and wagons. Flood Building under repair with scaffolding, Western National Bank at corner has reopened. Towers of Temple Emanu-El in left distance. Tents, shacks and small temporary buildings set up, with signs such as "We Buy Gold", "Smith Rice Co. Riggers, General Contractors." [4268 James Flood Building September 1906] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)
South of Market
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Geary near Kearny
Elevated view northeast of reconstruction after 1906 earthquake, with crowded streetcar on Kearny. Site of United Cigar Stores Co. building at northwest corner of Geary & Kearny at lower right. Temporary building with several businesses across Kearny: M. A. Gunst & Co. A. J. Rich & Co. real estate, Maskey's Candies 32 Kearny. Streetcar, many steel frames for new buildings. In distance, surviving buildings on or near Montgomery St.: Mills Building, Merchants Exchange, Kohl Building. At left, steel framework for Oscar Luning Building 45-47 Kearny, at center (1907, Nathaniel Blaisdell, Architect). [4305 Kearny St from Market April 1907] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)
Downtown / Union Square
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Jackson near Ross Alley
View east to Chinatown reconstruction after 1906 earthquake. Street work with piles of debris, dirt, and brick. Nearby buildings in view all still stand in 2021. [4313 Jackson St between Grant and Stockton Ap] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)
Chinatown
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2nd & Tehama
Elevated view east toward 2nd Street across construction site of the Marine Fireman's Union Hall. Two buildings at left, between Tehama and Howard still stand. Continental Merchandise Co. Pacific Brass Foundry, Rutherford and Skoubye Steel Contractors
South of Market
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SF General Hospital
Interior view of San Francisco General Hospital laundry with staff. Copy of dpwbook12 dpw2381, wnp36.00795 with additional text. [2381 Hospital laundry, showing 'the works']
Potrero Hill
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3rd & Howard
View southeast to Koster's Corner (Koster House) building, built in 1881. People's Loan Office and dentists, tailor, barber, many people posing behind four milk delivery wagons. Man doing street work. [S.E. Cor 3rd & Howard St E. 371 SS-183] [F810 SS-183] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
South of Market
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Hyde near Bay
View north on Hyde Street on what was known as Tonquin Point or White Point, note the tracks and cable slot. Rubble-loaded wagons will drop their loads of earthquake debris at the big North Beach dump north of North Point between Taylor and Leavenworth. Wagons turned right on Beach and passed in front of the purifying house of the Equitable Gaslight Co. plant. Equitable gas holders are completely deflated and not visible in this view. [Line of horse-drawn wagons with earthquake rubble, Sailing ships, Powerhouse with smokestack, Alcatraz Island] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Fishermans Wharf
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Fillmore near Vallejo
View west to Market Street Railway (MSRy) Fillmore Street counterbalance streetcar #770. Poster in window advertising Bastille Day celebration at The Chutes on Fulton.
Pacific Heights
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Van Ness near Chestnut
View northeast across Van Ness to east side of street and Standard Stations gas station on right. Woman boarding Municipal Railway H-line #119 with wings livery.
Russian Hill
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Pacific & Divisadero
View northwest across Pacific to gripman and conductor posing on Pacific Avenue cable car dummy #51.
Pacific Heights
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Baker Beach
[The wreck of 'Viscata' at Land's End (sic) sf 1867 (sic) NO-148] North end of Baker Beach (aka Baker's Beach). Wreck occurred in March of 1868. Men at work on salvage. Watkins #326, 'The Wreck of the Viscata, San Francisco' [F810 SH-464] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) (Carleton Watkins' white darkroom tent at right of center.)
Presidio
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3rd & Market
View east toward Ferry Building, street work in progress (possibly removal of outer rail tracks). Chronicle Building, Crocker Building, Palace Hotel, Examiner Building. (GGNRA/Stotler GOGA 33760)
South of Market
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Ellis near Powell
View east across Ellis to St. Germain Restaurant on left. Under construction is the Cort Theatre (later named Curran, Century, Morosco and Capitol) which opened in Septmber, 1911. It was demolished in 1941. The four-story building to the right of the Cort Theater was built as the Harding Building in 1907, an office structure. It was listed as the Hotel Cort from 1915 to 1928, after which it was listed as the Germaine Hotel from 1931 to 1974. It was vacant in 1975 and demolished sometime after, one of the last SRO hotels east of Powell Street. Humboldt Bank Building (with 1915 sign for PPIE) in background across Market St. (PF) [Cort Theatre SF August 1911 Opened 2 September 1911 01]
Downtown / Union Square
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Market near Castro
View north across Market at Castro Street. Men posed with Market Street Railways steam dummy and trailer at the end of the line. This steam line preceded the Castro cable line and operated from September 1880 - July 1888. The three Victorians in the background still stand on Castro between Market and 16th. [Market St. Extension Dummy S.F. Wagstaff 375 Sanchez] [F810 STC-043] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Duboce Triangle
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Berkeley
[Composition] House at 2476 Telegraph being demolished (same location as wnp119.00091)
