Marshall Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, A closer look at City Hall in ruins
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View toward 3rd & Folsom
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Panorama looking northwest to City Hall and Old Mint, Flood Building at center in distance. Elliott Brothers grocery at 3rd and Folsom, California Electrical Works at right, Folsom and Hawthorne, 3rd Street
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Kearny near Fresno
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking south toward earthquake ruins downtown.
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Market near Fremont.
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east toward the face of Samuel Lachman, which fell from the top of Lachman's Block, a large building at Market and Fremont Street.[Image of Mkt. St. Chas. Bailey L.A. # 43].
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California & Stockton
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruins of Grace Church following 1906 fire and earthquake
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Geary & Powell
View northeast across intersecton to Little St. Francis Hotel (Temporary St. Francis Hotel) on left, temporary building permit office on right. Dewey Monument, Union Square Building and Union Square Hotel under construction, background left.
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California & Montgomery
View east down California. On left, Kohl Building, Mercantile Trust Co. Building (1903,Albert Pissis, Architect), Alaska Commercial Building (1907, Meyers and Ward, Architects)under construction in distance. At right on corner, remains of Safe Deposit building (six stories prior to earthquake and fire, refurbished and reopened. Merchants Exchange beyond.
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Van Ness & Sutter
View northeast across Sutter to shoppers crossing Sutter Street. Peanut Wagon at left. W.J. Sloane furniture (1300-1320 Van Ness), Henry Lyons & Sons (clothiers, 1332-1338 Van Ness), Charles Berwin (furriers, 1330-1332 Van Ness) in background. Following the 1906 earthquake and fire, this part of Van Ness Avenue became the temporary site of many relocated downtown stores.
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Powell Street Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast over men excavating in bottom of large hole, Temple Emanu-El on Sutter Street in background.
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Battery near Sacramento
View west on Sacramento Street. Post-1906 construction work in progress. 'Gabriel-Meyerfeld Printers'
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Market & Montgomery
West on Market St. from Post and Montgomery. Call Building.
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Kearny near Post
View north from center of Kearny near Post St. Sherman Clay building 211 Sutter on left, 244 Kearny center right, 154 Sutter at right. Road repair crew in street.
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Downtown & SF Bay
View east toward (probable) Great White Fleet in the Bay from window at the Fairmont Hotel. In distance Ferry Building. Old St. Mary's Church, Thomas Clunie Building under construction (demolished 1969), Kohl Building, Alaska Commercial Building under construction, Merchants Exchange.
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View from Call Building
View north to bay and Alcatraz Island, showing reconstruction in full swing. Fairmont Hotel, Mark Hopkins Institute of Art (later San Francisco Art Institute), Hotel Colonial in background left. Shreve Building and Head Building (steel frame) at Post & Grant corners at far left. Old St. Mary's Cathedral, large gas storage tank at north end of Powell St., background center, Telegraph Hill background right. Top of Mutual Savings Bank Building at bottom center. Kearny St. on right, with Chronicle Annex, Sherman Clay Building, MacDonough (or McDonough) Building (1908) and ruins of Hall of Justice in distance. 8 story Pacific States Telephone Building (with Pacific Telephone & Telegraph signage, 445 Bush, at center. In distance far right, Merchants Exchange and Kohl Building, Bank of Italy Bui
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Mechanics Monument
Market & Bush Streets. View southeast to buildings on south side of Market, Sheldon Building at right. Donahue Mechanics Monument with pool, later removed.
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Union Square
View west from park to women strolling, seated men, St. Francis Hotel with 1908 wing almost complete.
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Market near Mason
Portola Festival Parade, View east from center of Market toward Mason, Market, Turk intersection, Dean Building, Admission Day (Native Sons) Monument, Mechanics Savings Bank Building, Flood Building, Emporium in background.
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Union Square
Portola Fiesta, San Francisco. Elevated view west to king and queen of Portola Festival on horseback in a dense crowd, St. Francis Hotel.
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Phelan Building
New Phelan Building at corner of Market & O'Farrell. Union Trust Building at right under construction.
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Union Square
Looking east across square toward Stockton Street. Decorated for the Portola Festival. Maiden Lane (originally Morton St) at right.
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