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Contains 2366 photos

Palace Hotel Burning
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Palace Hotel Burning

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Burning on April 18, 1906. View southwest across Market to New Montgomery intersection and Palace Hotel, with Grand Hotel at left. Same original image as wnp37.01186. [E.F. Ford, Palace Hotel, Copyright 1906, 'Sunday July 6, 1906, With best wishes from Jack, wife and little daughter, J. Edwards']

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Downtown Ruins
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Downtown Ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west of smoking ruins from Ferry Building Tower

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Sacramento & Market
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Sacramento & Market

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view southwest, Fairmont Hotel in distance

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Howard & Steuart
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Howard & Steuart

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View West on Howard from Steuart, National Iron Works at Main & Howard in distance, large building at left is Folgers Coffee Company

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Panorama of fire
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Panorama of fire

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Panoramic view east from the roof of the Merchants Exchange (431 California, between Montgomery and Sansome). Fire burning April 18th, 1906 [ View from the Merchants Exchange Pillsbury Pictures 100]

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Ferry Building Loop
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Ferry Building Loop

Group of dignitaries posed in front of United Railroads special sightseeing streetcar, the 'San Francisco'. It was the first car to run on Market Street after the 1906 earthquake. Mayor Eugene Schmitz, URR's Patrick Calhoun, Julius Kahn, Abe Ruef, and others.

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California Drumm & Market
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California Drumm & Market

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest from Drumm to 1906 Earthquake and fire damage to north facade of Luning Building

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California near Davis
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California near Davis

1906 Earthquake and Fire, North side of California Street between Davis and Front. Safes being opened by Parcells Safe Co. [Cracking Safes]

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2nd near Mission
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2nd near Mission

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest across Second toward Mission (slide incorrectly marked Sansome) , fire burning at 2nd & Mission, Thumler and Rutherford bookbinders, 609 Mission, southwest corner of 2nd & Mission, Steinberger & Kalisher kid gloves, E.J. Robinson Hardware, 64 2nd. Wells Fargo Express Office at left. Bourdette Building at right. (hand colored) [Sansome St.]

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2nd & Mission
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2nd & Mission

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest on Second toward Mission, fire burning at 2nd & Mission, Thumler and Rutherford bookbinders, 609 Mission, southwest corner of 2nd & Mission, Steinberger & Kalisher kid gloves, (hand colored). Bourdette Building at right. [The Fire on Sansome St. (Sic)]

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Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Water Distribution [Water Line at the Ferry Building Pillsbury Picture Co. 48]

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Bush & Sansome
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Bush & Sansome

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [First National Bank] of San Francisco, Northwest corner of Bush and Sansome

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Bank of California
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Bank of California

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Ruins Bank of Cal.] Men opening safes? California and Sansome

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Fremont Near Market
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Fremont Near Market

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View South on Fremont from Market, remains of the Lachman Block in street, which is filled with debris. [S. on Fremount (Sic) St.]

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Ruins of Grand Hotel
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Ruins of Grand Hotel

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruins of the Grand Hotel, New Montgomery near Market

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Market near 2nd
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Market near 2nd

1906 Earthquake and Fire, South side of Market near 1st Street, Justinian Caire Co. 565 Market. (3 story building) (inscription on image is misspelled)

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Sutter & Sansome
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Sutter & Sansome

View west on Sutter. Spire of Temple Emanu-el in distance. Temporary quarters of London Paris and American Bank set up in remaining 1st floor of ruined larger building. [Reconstruction Sutter Street from Sansome] - United Railroads [U00881]

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Sutter, near Sansome
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Sutter, near Sansome

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north to Earthquake ruins of First National Bank Building, NW corner Bush & Sansome, viewed through remaining facade of ruined London Paris and American Bank building. [San Francisco Ruins from Sutter St., Showing First National Bank Bldg., April 1906.]

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Chinatown ruins 1906
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Chinatown ruins 1906

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [2024 - Looking over the ruins of 'Chinatown' toward Russian Hill, San Francisco, Cal. Copyright 1906 by American Stereoscopic Co. A-91530] View northwest from near intersection of Pine & Montgomery.

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Market near Beale
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Market near Beale

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to Ferry Building with scaffolding, streetcars, steam donkeys, rubble and ruins, Temporary railroad tracks on south side of Market, streetcar. [Lower Market Street, after the Earthquake and Fire, San Francisco] Copyright date June 8, 1906.

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