Market & Front
View northwest across Market to 1906 Earthquake damage, buildings being demolished, people boarding electric streetcar
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Market & Front
View northwest across Market to 1906 Earthquake damage, buildings being demolished, people boarding electric streetcar #1293 Ellis/O'Farrell Devisadero Stanyan Line
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Sansome near Commercial
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north on Sansome to Earthquake Damage, Zellerbach & Sons building at 418 Sansome leveled in foreground, Cowell Building standing in ruins at center, Appraisers Building in background
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Battery & Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Damage, [Walls Torn Down, Buildings Wrecked, Lowest Terms Apply, Battery & Market)
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Clay & Sansome
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Clay & Sansome Sts. Fire burning. Phillips & Van Orden at 508 Clay.
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Montgomery & Sacramento
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Montgomery & Sacramento Streets. Earthquake ruins, Italian-American Bank at 460 Montgomery Street
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Montgomery & Sacramento
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake ruins, view south down Montgomery toward Market, Italian American Bank, SE corner. Kohl, Mills, Crocker Buildings in distance. Palace Hotel.
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Clay near Sansome
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west up ClayStreet through rubble to Nob Hill the Fairmont Hotel
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Montgomery & Washington
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to rebuilding Columbus Savings Bank (Built 1905, also known as Columbia Savings Bank). San Francisco Landmark 212.
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Montgomery & Pine
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Remains of the Nevada Bank (after some demolition of upper stories) Northwest corner of Montgomery and Pine. In 1905, Wells Fargo had merged with Nevada Bank. At time of destruction it was the Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank Building.
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Montgomery near Sacramento
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking south towards Market Street. Large crowd waiting for opening of safe. Italian American Bank at the SE Corner of Sacramento and Montgomery in background left. Crocker Building, Palace Hotel in distance.
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New Montgomery & Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest across Market from Montgomery to burning of Palace Hotel, Earthquake and fire, [Palace Hotel No. 10 Pillsbury Picture Co.]
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Ferry Building
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Water Line for refugees [Water line at the Ferry] People line up for water from barrels in back of wagon.
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Ferry Building
view from bay, City burning behind it
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Market & Sacramento
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view from Ferry Building, earthquake damage
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Sansome & Halleck
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest from inside excavation site. In distance left, ruins of Hayward's Building at Leidesdorff corner, 3rd Merchants Exchange Building with extensive repairs well underway. In distance center, London & San Francisco Bank Building (426 California) showing earthquake damage to exterior wall decorations, but occupied by Otis, McAllister & Co. (coffee importers), Kohl Building beyond. Overland Freight Transfer Co. wagon with driver and horses to right of center.
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California near Kearny
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view northeast across California to ruins of San Francisco Savings Union (1894, William Curlett, architect), German Savings and Loan Society, Parrott Building, or Parrott Block (1852, Architect Stephen Williams). Kohl Building in background right, Earthquake and fire damage. Two men and a woman pose for photographer.
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Kearny & California
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north on Kearny, Ruins of Hall of Justice and Telegraph Hill in distance, refreshment stands at intersection.
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Bush & Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View Northeast toward Ferry Building (with repair scaffolding). Sign for Continental Building & Loan on ruins.
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Earthquake Damage
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Mills Bldg; looking SE to Rincon Hill and Marine Hospital
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