Golden Gate Park
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugee camp, people lined up beside barracks. Woman with newspaper hat.
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Sweeny Observatory
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Ruins in Golden Gate Park by earthquake 1906 (Lookout Tower)] Man posing with Observatory. The observatory was a gift to the park from Thomas U. Sweeney (Sweeney's name was misspelled on the observatory.)
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Children's Playground
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Sharon Building in Golden Gate Park. Damaged from earthquake. Collapsed building, rubble. Goat chaise fence in foreground.
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Children's Playground
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Sharon Building in Golden Gate Park damaged from earthquake. Two women posing near rubble.
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Children's Playground
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Golden Gate Park. View to badly damaged Sharon Building. Gondola swings in foreground.
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Golden Gate Park
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake refugee camp with long Barracks. Likely Camp No. 5 at the Recreation Grounds (Big Rec). Camp 5 had the most barracks. Originally conceived as "'family apartments', with partitions between families, but open to the rafters. The noises could be heard and complained about from snoring adults and cranky kids. and the scheme abandoned and the space repurposed for storage, etc. (JF)
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Golden Gate Park
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake refugee camp. Likely Camp no. 5 at the Recreation Grounds (Big Rec) Sign says Camp 3 but that was the number of the Chinese refugee camp at Fort Scott in the Presidio.
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugee Camp in Sharon Meadow. [No. 97 Tents Golden Gate Park - Keyes Monument] Francis Scott Key Monument in background
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Children's Playground
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Heavily damaged Sharon Building after 1906 Earthquake. Refugee tents in meadow behind in Golden Gate Park.
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Golden Gate Park
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Copyright 1906 Jas. O. Rue] View south over earthquake refugee tents and barracks in Golden Gate Park; Big Rec Field; Affiliated Colleges and Sutro Forest in background
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1906 earthquake and fire. Refugee tents and barracks in Big Rec ball field playground. Mount Sutro in background. Laundry or wash day.
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Golden Gate Park
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake refugee camp on Big Rec field. Laundry drying on line.
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Golden Gate Park
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [No. 62-n-Field Hospital. Golden Gate Park] Elevated view of U.S. Army field hospital and tents and people.
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Great Highway near Fulton
View north toward Sutro's Cliff House and Sutro Heights from Great Highway. Automobile posed in the middle of road. [Cliff House and Sutro Heights] Automobile
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Likely Camp No. 5 at the Recreation Grounds (Big Rec) Refugee camp with tents. Early view, people cooking, piles of lumber.
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Children's Playground
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Golden Gate Park. 1906 earthquake and fire. Two women posing next to ruins of Sharon Lodge building
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Children's Playground
1906 earthquake and fire. Ruins of Sharon Lodge building in Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park
1906 earthquake and fire. Ruins of Sweeny Observatory atop Strawberry Hill. Sign reads 'Danger Keep Out.'
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Golden Gate Park
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugee Camp No. 7 in the vicinity of Sharon Meadow, rows of tents, 'No Thoroughfare for Horses or Vehicles' sign
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Golden Gate Park
1906 earthquake and fire. Music Bandstand (Spreckels Temple of Music) showing earthquake damage to parapet
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