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View east to Ferry Building with scaffolding under repair after earthquake. Piles of bricks, line of United Railroads streetcars, including #740. McKenna Bros. grocery, Alameda Cafe, [4218 Foot of Market St Aug 1906] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south of reconstruction after 1906 earthquake. Rubble being loaded on railroad cars. Chas. C. Moore engineers. [4243 Loading debris cars] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)
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View west past salvaged first story of formerly six-story First National Bank building after 1906 earthquake. Rubble clearing, Mills Building in background. [4263 First National Bank Sept 1906] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)
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View to northwest corner, and temporary railroad track on Sutter for debris clearing after 1906 earthquake. Wagons with loads of new lumber. Reconstruction underway and office of London Paris and American Bank Ltd.set up in remaining 1st floor of ruined larger building. Mills Building in right distance. [4264 London Paris and American Bank Sept 06] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, People with trunks, mattresses, and wagons in street. Smoke from the fire in background. 1906 earthquake and fire refugees in street with personal possessions. [Copyright 1906 Clinton Johnson #3][Refugees camping in front of Ferry Building]
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest from Market and Montgomery, ruins of the Palace Hotel
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west on Market toward New Montgomery. Ruins of the Palace Hotel at center, Monadnock, Hearst, and Call Buildings in the distance. Crowd of people walking and riding in wagons. Flood Building in distance right.
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, view west toward ruins of Grand and Palace Hotels
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Embarcadero (then East Street) at Market. View west across Embarcadero toward burning Victorian Building with water being pumped on it. Magnolia Cafe, Pacific Ticket Office, 2 East Street South. (wnp27.1341 for a slightly earlier view)
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Embarcadero (then East Street) at Market. View West across Embarcadero in front of the Ferry Building up Sacramento Street. Billowing smoke, men gathered with belongings. Hotel Terminus, Ensign Saloon, Pacific Coast Steamship Company, Bowers Rubber Company 24 Sacramento, with partially collapsed wall.
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, View to northwest corner and ruins of former 3 story London Paris and American Bank, which would within a few months reopen in the repaired first story. Mills Building in background, rear of Merchants Exchange at right. Soldiers milling about ruins. [NW]
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Large number of rescuers at the Wilcox House, collapsed rooming house on southwest corner of 2nd & Jessie. [Rooming House at Third and Mission (Sic)]
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view west over ruins to Fairmont Hotel with Hall of Justice in foreground. Probably taken from roof of Montgomery Block, present site of Transamerica Pyramid. Grace Church at far left in distance.
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north. Appraisers Building, earthquake ruins & city water wagon.
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest from near Ferry Building to Telegraph Hill. US restaurant and army tents in front of earthquake ruins. St. Francis of Assisi Church in distance left. U.S. Restaurant at left.
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Panorama view east past earthquake ruins. Scaffolding on Ferry Building.
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Panorama view east. Rebuilding after earthquake. Scaffolding on Ferry Building.
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Panorama view west of earthquake ruins from across Market St. Call Building in distance left. Mills Building and Merchants Exchange in distance center. Board of Trade Building (Union Block) at Pine St. gore corner at left. Temporary rail tracks on Market at far left.
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Howard cor. Spear.]View west from Spear corner to wagons and people on Howard Street in South of Market. Damaged sidewalks, burnt ruins. National Iron Works, southwest corner Howard and Main, in distance.
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Temporary building set up in post-earthquake ruins with signs 'Henshaw, Bulkley & Co. Engineers and Machinery Merchants.' This was their pre-earthquake site at the northwest corner of Fremont and Mission.
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