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Contains 1472 photos

Washington & Mason
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Washington & Mason

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest over Washington and Mason Cable Car powerhouse ruins toward Vallejo and Broadway, House of the Flag and Russian Hill homes that survived fire.

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Earthquake ruins
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Earthquake ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Ruins in Chinatown S.F.] Men posing and smiling. Telegraph Hill in background.

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Powell near Bush
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Powell near Bush

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view southeast to ruins of Temple Emanu-El, Chronicle Annex, Shreve Building, Call Building, Butler Building (Newman & Levinson Dry Goods sign], Whittell Building under construction behind left steeple. In foreground, five ruined archways of Germania Hall / California Hall at 620 Bush. Earthquake ruins and rubble everywhere.

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View from Nob Hill
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View from Nob Hill

1906 Earthquake and Fire, From near California and Powell. Earthquake ruins. Hall of Justice, Appraisers Building, Yerba Buena Island, sailing ships. Part of Old St. Mary's at right.

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Pine & Stockton
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Pine & Stockton

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast over earthquake ruins at Old St. Mary's Church, Hall of Justice, Appraisers Building.

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Pine & Stockton
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Pine & Stockton

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast over earthquake ruins at Hall of Justice, Old St. Mary's Church, Kohl Building.

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Clay near Powell
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Clay near Powell

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Oriental Public School building. Fairmont Hotel behind under reconstruction. Open rubble from earthquake.

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View NE From Nob Hill
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View NE From Nob Hill

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View from California & Powell. Earthquake ruins, Hall of Justice, Appraisers Building, Yerba Buena Island.

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View from Clay & Mason
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View from Clay & Mason

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake ruins. Merchant's Exchange Building, Fairmont Hotel.

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View of Telegraph Hill
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View of Telegraph Hill

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake ruins. St Francis of Assisi Church. From California & Powell roughly.

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View from Nob Hill
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View from Nob Hill

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View from Nob Hill, Leavenworth & California. Earthquake ruins, looking south east to Union square [Leav(enworth) Calif Looking South east]. Temple Emanu-el at far left, First Congregational Church and Flood Building far right.

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View from Nob Hill
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View from Nob Hill

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view south from about Jones & California toward ruins of City Hall and Hall of Records. Ruins of St. Boniface Church on Golden Gate Ave. at center left. Post Office & Court of Appeals at far left. Bernal Heights in background. [Jones Calif. South Lipman Photo]

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California & Powell
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California & Powell

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Powell Looking East Lipman Photo] Looking east on California. 1906 ruins. Grace Church at right. Ferry Building in center.

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Powell & California ruins
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Powell & California ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking East on California. Old St. Mary's, Merchants Exchange Bldg and Grace Church. Image cropped from wnp37.00190

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View from Nob Hill
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View from Nob Hill

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Kohl Building, Merchant Exchange

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California near Mason
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California near Mason

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Fairmont Earthquake Collection. View northeast across California to burned out ruins of Flood Mansion and Fairmont Hotel. Right-hand drive automobile passing a soldier with rifle over shoulder standing in street. [SC11]

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Mason near Pine
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Mason near Pine

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on Mason from between California and Pine. Mark Hopkins mansion wall on left, First Congregational Church ruins at Post Street intersection in distance. Fairmont Earthquake Collection [SC11] [F3225]

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California & Stockton
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California & Stockton

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruins of Grace Cathedral, [Down California St. from Stockton St., May 21, 1906] [SC30 ]

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Ruins from Nob Hill
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Ruins from Nob Hill

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south to night view of ruins with 'stairway to the sky' in foreground, Old City Hall dome and Hall of Records in silhouette. Numerous outdoor fires glowing in distance. Cable car tracks on cross street. Probably Leavenworth near California.Genthe Photos [SC59]

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Clay near Stockton
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Clay near Stockton

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Clay toward Stockton. African American family on Clay Street with City burning downhill. Crowds of people in the distance watching the fire. Smoke billowing in the distance. [SC59] [SC60]

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