Hamilton Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake and fire, Hamilton Square refugee camp, refugees in line, looking northeast. Sherith Israel synagogue in background left
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Hamilton Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugee Camp bordered by Geary-Steiner-Scott-Post
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1612 Scott near Post
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [1612 Scott Street fell 6 feet] off foundation in 1906 earthquake. 1610 Scott Street (at right) still stands.
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Steiner near Sutter
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north to earthquake ruins, St. Dominic's Church damage, Street Kitchens. Taken after April 18, 1906 earthquake, but before south tower of church was pulled down on May 14, 1906.
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Pine & Pierce
1906 Earthquake and Fire, St. Dominic's Church outdoor services after 1906 earthquake.
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Bush & Steiner
1906 Earthquake and Fire, St. Dominic's Church damage at Bush and Steiner, photo postcard, postmarked May 24, 1906.
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St. Dominic's Church
1906 Earthquake and Fire, damage to church. View south on Steiner from Pine Street. Steam Donkey in foreground. Taken after April 18, 1906 earthquake, but before south tower of church was pulled down on May 14, 1906. [St. Dominici Church, Chas. Bailey, L.A., #60]
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Bush near Steiner
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Damage to St. Dominic's Church ruins. View west, women cooking at street kitchen on Bush. Taken after April 18, 1906 earthquake and before May 14, 1906, when south tower was pulled down. Duplicate of wnp27.0419.jpg and wnp26.463.
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Hamilton Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated northeast view of Hamilton Square refugee camp, prior to camp cottage construction. Stringer Storage warehouse at Sutter and Fillmore in background, Nob Hill. [Camping in Hamilton Square]
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Bush near Steiner
1906 Earthquake and Fire, St. Dominic's Church damage from earthquake. View west on Bush across Steiner, street kitchen on Bush. Taken after April 18, 1906 earthquake and before May 14, 1906, when south tower was pulled down.
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Hamilton Square
Refugee cottages being moved from Hamilton Square.
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Post & Steiner
National Theatre on the northwest corner of Post & Steiner. Erected in a tent, it opened on May 28, 1906 and billed itself as the first theatre after the fire. It closed by 1917 and was replaced on the site by the New Dreamland (later renamed Winterland) in 1928. The the right of the National is the Dreamland Rink, already in operation by September 22, 1906. Beyond is the stagehouse of the New Alcazar Theatre (later the Republic, then the Sutter, finally the Uptown) which opened in 1907 at Sutter and Steiner. [RS1181 National Theatre NAT-01 Post & Steiner 1907]
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Post & Boswell
South side of Post at Boswell Street ( Between Fillmore and Steiner) Eddie Hanlon's Saloon, Men on stagecoach pulled by four horses posing in front; sign on side of stagecoach, 'Eddie Hanlon's 1949 Post Street'. Star Nickelodeon next door; [PF-134]
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Bush near Divisadero
Laurel Hill Market, 2512 Bush (demolished for church building, building at right still stands). Built in 1874. it was the market and butcher shop of Peter Daverkosen until at least 1901. The double doors to the left of the shop entrance led to a stable, windmill and water tank in the rear yard. [WK]
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Hamilton Square
View northwest to Refugee shacks, horse team moving a shack, houses on north side of Post St. west of Pierce.
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Fillmore near Post
View south from center of Fillmore Street to new track construction. Sacred Heart Cathedral in far distance. At right, Weinstock, Lubin & Co. department store at this corner 1906-1912. Decorative steel arches over intersections. Garden City Apple Orchard Co., [Fillmore St. between Post & Sutter, U02302]
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Fillmore & Post
View north on Fillmore [San Francisco's future rests on a healthy base] Postcard view of baby in tub artwork in front of photo of Fillmore St., Weinstock, Lubin & Co. department store, King Solomon's Hall, The Hub Clothiers at left
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Pine & Steiner
Northwest corner of Pine and Steiner, built before 1899 and later replaced by another telephone company building. Telephone Building, brick with large arched windows and doors.
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Pine & Pierce
Originally the Crocker Old People's Home Complex. Later, St. Rose Academy girl's school. Today, Rose Court. The top two stories were removed in 1960 in deference to fire safety codes at the time. [Old Peoples Home 2507 Pine Street San Francisco. My room is at the other and so not in sight.]
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Geary & Broderick
View east on Geary between Baker & Broderick, street work showing old Geary Street cable car tracks and street paved with Belgian Blocks. [steel hammer] [dpwbook4 dpw564]
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