Call Building Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to Mutual Savings Bank Bldg at left, Palace Hotel, Monadnock Bldg. Pollock [561 Call Bd from Garey [Sic Geary] St.]
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Kearny near Post
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to dynamiting of Masonic Hall ruins, Post & Montgomery. Union Trust, Crocker Buildings Duplicate of wnp27.2591. #1212
Downtown / Union Square
View from Montgomery near Bush
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view southwest to approaching fire from South of Market. From left, Crocker Building, Mondadnock Building, Chronicle Building and Annex, Mutual Savings Bank Building. At lower left Masonic Temple with partially collapsed north wall. At lower center, Mechanics Institute, 31 Post built 1866, showing earthquake damage to east wall. [No. 28. Fire. Third and Mission]
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Downtown Damage
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [No. 74. S.V.W.W. Building Stockton & Geary] View southeast across Stockton to Spring Valley Water Works Co. & City of Paris Building, Marchand Building. Butler Building at far right. Wet streets.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & 5th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest to buildings on south side of Market, Windsor Hotel 905 Market on corner, crowds and people carrying belongings. Just after 1906 earthquake? [no. 11]
Downtown / Union Square
Market & 5th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Market Street. Call Building on fire after 1906 earthquake. Crowds watching across street from Emporium department store. [No. 3]
Downtown / Union Square
Montgomery & Sutter
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north on Montgomery to ruins of Mills Building, Kohl Building (with flag), both extant 2018. Telegraph Hill in background left.
Downtown / Union Square
O'Farrell near Stockton
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast from O'Farrell near Stockton St to Call Building, Mutual Savings Bank Building, Monadnock Building, and Chronicle Annex.
Downtown / Union Square
O'Farrell Street Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to Ruins of Alcazar Theater, 116 O'Farrell, and Delmonico Restaurant, 110 O'Farrell, on left, Orpheum Theater, 119 O'Farrell, on right. Call Building, Call Building Annex and Kamm Building in background on Market Street. [Call Bldg. looking down O'Farrell St., Orpheum]
Downtown / Union Square
Market near Kearny
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View West on Market from Kearny (and 3rd Street), Call Building at left. [Market west from Kearney(sic)]
Downtown / Union Square
O'Farrell near Stockton
1906 Earthquake and Fire, men clearing debris in street. View West on O'Farrell from Stockton Street. Men working, ruins of Delmonico restaurant at right [O'Farrell St. from Stockton] "Right side: Fischer's Theatre - 122 O'Farrell, Alcazar Theatre - 116 O'Farrell, Delmonico Restaurant - 110 O'Farrell. Left side: Orpheum Theatre - 119 O'Farrell."
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny near Post
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view South on Kearny near Sutter toward Call Building in flames, fire burning. Raphael's at Maiden Lane corner, M.A. Gunst opposite. Street clock reads 10:40. 700 Market Building, Mutual Savings Bank Building. (hand colored version of differently cropped image at wnp27.0398)
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Powell
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Market near Powell, Flood Building and Call Building [James Flood Building]
Downtown / Union Square
3rd & Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south across Market to Hearst Building in ruins, Call Building at right. [Ruins of the Examiner, Copyright 1906 Pillsbur [sic] Picture Co. No. 72]
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Powell near Sutter
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to Temple Emanu-el, on Sutter between Powell & Stockton [Temple E-Manuel Ruins, Copyright 1906, Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 16]
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny near Maiden Lane
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view South on Kearny near Sutter toward Call Building in flames. Raphael's clothiers at Maiden Lane corner, M.A. Gunst opposite. Street clock reads 10:40. 700 Market Building, Mutual Savings Bank Building. At the time of this photo, Maiden Lane was called Union Square Alley. The name had been changed from Morton Street to Union Square Avenue in 1898, two years after the brothels had been cleared out, at the request of local businessmen to rid the alley of the associations of its former name, and to create a new association with the retail district around Union Square. It was renamed again in 1909, to Manila Alley, and again in 1922 to Maiden Lane.(PF) (hand colored) [Call Building on Fire]
Downtown / Union Square
Market near Grant
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view west from middle of street to police and crowd gathered to watch approaching fire and firefighters spraying water on buildings in the distance. On left, Emporium department store on fire. In distance right, Flood Building. Phelan Building on far right, as yet undamaged. [Emporium on Fire. Copyright 1906. Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 150] Same original image as wnp37.01464.
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny near Sutter
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View South from center of Kearny toward burning Call building at 3rd and Market. Chronicle Building and Annex, Hearst Examiner Building, 700 Market building, Mutual Savings Bank Building, Raphael's. [The Burning of the Call Building, Copyright 1906, Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 209]
Downtown / Union Square
Grant near Geary
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View South on Grant from Geary. Crowds of people and smoke south of Market. Hammam Turkish baths on right and original Phelan Building beyond [Grant Avenue During the Fire]
Downtown / Union Square
Market near Stockton
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north on Market near Stockton, Whittell Building framework, California Baking, newly built Regal shoe store. City of Paris ruins at left.
Downtown / Union Square