Contains 675 photos
View southwest across the intersection of Battery and Jackson to the U.S. Customs house with Appraiser's Building in the background. The streets are paved with stone and horsecar tracks lead up Jackson Street. [TEH491 Custom House, Battery & Jackson sts. 1903 T. E. Hecht]
North Beach
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view southeast across Columbus showing Sentinel Building (Columbus Tower), Hall of Justice ruins (at right), Montgomery Block (at left) earthquake damage.
North Beach
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Panoramic View south from Telegraph Hill above Broadway between Kearny and Montgomery, Fairmont Hotel at right, Grace Church, Sentinel Building, Hall of Justice, Downtown [View from Telegraph Hill. Pillsbury Pictures 229]
North Beach
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View down rows of tents separated by roadway. Man sits on bench. Washington Square?
North Beach
1906 Earthquake and Fire, People and possessions in Washington Squrare [Washington Square Camp, Copyright 1906 Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 44]
North Beach
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view easterly from about Mason near Union toward Telegraph Hill. Washington Square (with trees) at center. Filbert and Union streets are notable in the background. [Towards Telegraph Hill across Washington Square]
Telegraph Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northerly from Jackson and Mason in foreground. (Only flat street with cable car crossing.) St. Francis Assisi Church at center right
Telegraph Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south to two men looking down hill after earthquake and fire [16898. The Destroyed City from Telegraph Hill. Great Earthquake, San Francisco.] Taken from near Vallejo and Kearny. Montgomery Block, Kohl Building, Merchant's Exchange Building in background
North Beach
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Sansome Street between Washington and Jackson. Rubble from earthquake around
North Beach
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Vallejo and Columbus. Ruins of church and earthquake rubble all around, Telegraph Hill in background.
North Beach
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to St. Francis of Assisi church, North Beach and Telegraph Hill. After 1906 fire
North Beach
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest from roof of Appraisers Building. [Up Telegraph Hill in the Wake of Earthquake and Fire--San Francisco Disaster of April 18, 1906] Information on back.
North Beach
[TEH504 N.W. cor Jackson & Battery Feb-8-1906 T. E. Hecht] View of run down sheetmetal shops, Lawson Bros. Cooperage. Dogs on streetcorner, barrels in front of dilapidated buildings.
North Beach
View north on Montgomery to buildings on east side. Tour Eiffel Hotel and French restaurant (802 Montgomery) in a building built as a branch bank of Lucas, Turner & Co. in San Francisco in 1854. It exists in 2024 minus its upper story, as California Historical Landmark 453 and San Francisco Landmark 26. Old Pioneer Hall is just beyond. Italian and French businesses. [TEH484 Mont. & Jackson sts. Mar 31, 1906 T. E. Hecht]
North Beach
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake ruins, Southeast corner of Battery Street and Washington after 1906 earthquake
North Beach
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on Kearny Street from Telegraph Hill. Rubble, man walking with cane up the hill, damaged buildings in background, cable car tracks. Various buildings in background: Columbus Tower, Hall of Justice, de Young Building Annex, Call Building, Mills Building, Kohl Building, Merchant's Exchange Building. [(18) 8718 Overlooking Kearney St. - lower burned area from Telegraph Hill - San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A. Copyright 1906 by H. C. White Co.]
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south to Financial District showing ruins and numerous streetcars on Kearny; Columbus Tower under construction
North Beach
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake ruins, View from Russian Hill slope of Green Street to ruins of St. Francis D'Assisi on left and Ferry Building in background
North Beach
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruins of North Beach, looking northeast toward northwest slope of Telegraph Hill, ruins of Toland Medical College (Stockton and Francisco) in center distance. Presentation Convent Roman Catholic school complex on west side of Powell at right.
North Beach
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Damage, elevated view southwest over Chinatown to Nob Hill. Montgomery Block at left [13288. View from the rear of the Hall of Justice -- Fairmount Hotel in the distance. San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Disaster of April 18, 1906.] Notes on back.
North Beach