Montgomery near Sacramento
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Crowd watching man atop an overturned safe, using a chisel to open it in post-earthquake ruins. (see also wnp14.4621) [33]
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Market & Battery
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest to pedestrians walking through rubble on Market St. Donahue Monument / Mechanics Monument at left. Merchants Exchange Building in background. Superior copy of wnp37.10085
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Market & Spear
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west across Market to horse drawn wagons and and pedestrians passing ruins. Two women dressed in white holding hands. Luning Building in background.
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California near Montgomery
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west from center of California towards Grace Church, Old St. Mary's and the Fairmont Hotel in distance. At far right Parrott Building, or Parrott Block (1852, Architect Stephen Williams) with San Francisco Savings Union in temporary quarters at street level. Some rebuilding evident. [F810 EF-100] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)[Calif-Montgy St Looking West 1906 EF-100]
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Battery & Market
View north on Battery from Market, ruins of the W. S. Clark Building at center. North Shore Railroad locomotive 'Electra' and debris railroad car, horses and wagons clearing rubble after 1906 earthquake. Piles of reclaimed bricks and man cleaning off mortar. [4247 Debris RR and electric locomotive] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)
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Sansome & Commercial
View southwest of reconstruction after 1906 earthquake. Merchants Exchange Building and Kohl Building in distance, London & San Francisco Insurance Co. Building between. W. Loaiza & Co. [4310 Sansome and Commercial streets looking w] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)
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California near Sansome
View west on California with Bank of California building at center. Old St. Mary's Church, Fairmont Hotel up hill. Merchant's Exchange Building at background left, Kohl Building, London & San Francisco Bank Building at right. Gigs, horses, wagons and rebuilding underway. Alaska Commercial Building (1907, Meyers and Ward, Architects)almost complete at right. On left, Mutual Life Insurance of New York and Fireman's Fund Insurance Buildings, each reduced to two stories after earthquake and fire.
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Market & Post
View southwest from center of Market, Crocker Building at right under reconstruction. Metropolis Trust & Savings Bank Building (under construction, completed early 1908) and Palace Hotel under construction at left. Monadnock Building, Call Building, uncompleted Humboldt Bank Building in left background. In right background, Flood Building, Chronicle / de Young Building reconstruction, 660 Market Realty Building, completed late 1907. Behind Chronicle Building scaffolding, Flannery Building and Mutual Savings Bank Building. Electric streetcar #1540 on cable car track.
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Montgomery & Pine
Looking towards Telegraph Hill; men working on street: 400 Montgomery in background
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Clay near Montgomery
View southeast on Clay toward Montgomery. the southwest corner lot is filled with rubble. The Bank of Italy (later Bank of America) building, 550 Montgomery, is under construction on the southeast corner.
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Montgomery & Sacramento
Italian American Bank building under construction, Overland House hotel under construction at left. SE corner of Montgomery & Sacramento [B-26] [G810 B-026] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Front near California
View south to men clearing the street for 'House Cleaning Day'(sometimes called Cleaning-Up Day'), an organized effort to boost community spirit and show the world that progress was being made in reconstructing San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. (JF) Men with shovels working in front of Ehrman Bros. & Co. 134-138 Front. Most have visible watches on chains, seem not to be regular workingmen. See wnp4.1591 (same original image), wnp71.0095 [EF-111] [G810 EF-111] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Front near California
View southeast to men posing while clearing the street for 'House Cleaning Day' (sometimes called Cleaning-Up Day'), an organized effort to boost community spirit and show the world that progress was being made in reconstructing San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. (JF) Men with shovels working in front of Ehrman Bros. & Co. 134-138 Front. Most have visible watches on chains, seem not to be regular workingmen. See wnp37.00182, wnp4.1591, wnp71.0093 [EF-113] [G810 EF-113] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Montgomery & Pine
View northeast across intersection to work crew repairing the street. Telegraph Hill, Kohl Building, Safe Deposit Building (remaining lower stories refurbished for use), Security Savings Bank, Merchants Exchange in background. New one story wooden building next to Security Savings Bank has 310 Montgomery, Friedrichs Cafe, Louis Wiell (Weill) Cigars and Tobacco signs, 312 Edmond Godchaux, Stock broker. [EF-114] [G810 EF-114] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Market near Main
View northeast on Market between Main and Spear, a large trench dug with water pipe at the bottom. Ferry Building in the background. Cox Seed Co., 125 Market, at right. [592 Sept 6, '07]
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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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California near Leidesdorff
Elevated view southwest across California. Merchants Exchange on left, Nob Hill in distance right. Safe Deposit Building (California Safe Deposit & Trust Co. Bank) on southeast corner, reduced from 6 stories by demolishing top 4 stories of ruins and refurbishing bottom 2. On southwest corner, 7-story Thomas Clunie Building under construction (demolished 1969).
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Battery near Sacramento
View west on Sacramento Street. Post-1906 construction work in progress. 'Gabriel-Meyerfeld Printers'
Downtown
Market & Montgomery
West on Market St. from Post and Montgomery. Call Building.
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Sansome & Commercial
Elevated view northwest to Russian Hill. California Fruit Canning temporary building, Shannon-Conmy Printing 509 Clay, E.J. Shattuck Co., Montgomery Block at right, Ruins of Hall of Justice, Russian hill homes which escaped fire. Sentinel Building (Columbus Tower) at far right.
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