View from Nob Hill
View northeast towards Telegraph Hill. Taken from near Clay and Taylor. New construction of North Beach. Washington & Mason Cable Car smokestack at right.
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Sacramento above Powell
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east from Nob Hill above Powell Street between Sacramento and Clay Streets to Ferry Building over Chinatown. Some earthquake and fire ruins exist, but much reconstruction has occurred. A cable car is seen heading south on Powell. Alaska Commercial Building (1907, Meyers and Ward, Architects), Kohl Building, Merchant's Exchange Building, Clunie Building, Sing Fat Building (1907) and Old St. Mary's Church are seen in the background right of center. Fairmont Hotel at right. In far left background, Appraisers Building, Montgomery Block, U.S. Customs House under construction. Bank of Italy Building at Montgomery and Clay beyond chimney at left. Donaldina Cameron House at Sacramento and Joice Streets left of center. See wnp14.1233, taken around same time.
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View from Nob Hill
View looking east from Nob Hill. Earthquake ruins. View of downtown, bay, Ferry Building and Yerba Buena Island. Appraisers Building, Kohl Building.
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Financial District
View east from Fairmont Hotel to Ferry Building. Sacramento Street at right center.
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view from Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view over North Beach toward Telegraph Hill; from approx. Clay near Taylor. Powell St. RR smokestack at right
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Pacific & Mason
Looking northeast over North Beach to Telegraph Hill. Reconstruction in progress.
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Fairmont Hotel
View northwest from empty lot near Powell and California. California Street cable car and Powell Street cable car both approaching intersection. Sign at lower left 'Hotaling's Old Kirk.'
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Sacramento near Powell
Night view east from Nob Hill to illuminated ships at anchor in bay, the 'Great White Fleet. Ferry Building visible at left with lights on tower and giant electric stars and stripes shield decoration in front. Kohl Building, Alaska Commercial Building (1907), Merchants Exchange, Clunie Building, Mills Building. Pagoda of Sing Fat Building (1907) outlined with electric lights. Sacramento & Powell intersection at lower right.
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Fairmont Hotel
Postcard view northwest from Powell and California [Cardinell-Vincent, postmark April 10 1908]
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Telegraph Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view toward Telegraph Hill; from approx. Clay near Taylor. Powell St. RR smokestack at right. Duplicate of wnp27.3770
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Clay & Mason
View northwest from Nob Hill toward the summit of Russian Hill. Smokestack of cable car barn at Washington & Mason at right center.
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Sacramento near Powell
View east to Ferry Building. Kohl Building, Merchants Exchange Building, Old St. Mary's, cable car, side of Fairmont Hotel. Duplicate of wnp14.4824.
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California & Mason
Fairmont Hotel; Ferry Building in far right background corner
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Powell & California
View northwest across intersecton to Fairmont Hotel and California Cable Car #6; earthquake rubble on southeast corner.
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Hyde & Jackson
View north on Hyde at Jackson Two cable cars in intersection (a collision?) O'Farrell, Jones & Hyde car and Washington & Jackson car. Crowds of people. ( August Koster Grocer 1398 Jackson NE corner)[on the way to parade for Great White Fleet]
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View NE from Nob Hill
View over earthquake and fire ruins towards Telegraph Hill. View 1 of 2-part panorama. Wetmore Street in foreground. Building at center stands at Wetmore and Clay.
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View N from Nob Hill
View over earthquake and fire ruins over North Beach. Bay and Angel Island in distance. Clay Street crosses Wetmore in foreground. View 2 of 2-part panorama
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Washington & Jones
Looking north on Jones Street to summit of Russian Hill and houses there that survived fire. SF Bay, Alcatraz and Angel Island, Apartment Building at Jones and Jackson under construction. 1032 Broadway, built in 1853 for Joseph H. Atkinson, extant 2020, to right of center above construction.
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Sacramento near Powell
View east over Earthquake and fire ruins (with much reconstruction in progress) of Chinatown and Financial District to Ferry Building, Alaska Commercial Building (1907), Kohl Building, Merchants Exchange Building, Clunie Building, tower of Old St. Mary's cathedral, Mills Building with Marine Hospital beyond. Sing Fat Co. Building (1907) and Bay. Corner of Fairmont Hotel at extreme right. Donaldina Cameron House at Sacramento and Joice street left of center beyond chimney.
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View from Nob Hill
Looking east to Ferry Building, piers, ships in bay, Yerba Buena Island. Intersection of Washington and Taylor in foreground. Much reconstruction under way. Chimney of cable car powerhouse and car barn at center, with ruins of Hall of Justice just beyond to right. Sentinel Building (Columbus Tower)at left.
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