Contains 675 photos
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east across Columbus to 1906 earthquake refugees gathered in square, from Columbus near Filbert, before fire reached North Beach. Telegraph Hill. St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church to left of Washington Square on Stockton corner.
North Beach
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west past St. Francis of Assisi Church to Nob and Russian Hills after 1906 fire; lots of ruins
North Beach
View northwest from roof of Appraisers Building.[Up Telegraph Hill in the Wake of Earthquake and Fire--San Francisco Disaster of April 18, 1906] Duplicate of wnp24.314a.
North Beach
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Washington Square Refugee Camp. Shacks for earthquake victims. Children between homes.
North Beach
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake ruins, Southeast corner of Battery Street and Washington after 1906 earthquake
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
[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
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, Vallejo and Columbus. Ruins of church and earthquake rubble all around, Telegraph Hill in background.
North Beach
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Sansome Street between Washington and Jackson. Rubble from earthquake around
North Beach
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 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, People and possessions in Washington Squrare [Washington Square Camp, Copyright 1906 Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 44]
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, elevated view south along Montgomery Street towards ruins of downtown. Montgomery block at left center. [Ruins of the city after earthquake and fire 1906.]
North Beach
View across Portsmouth Square toward reconstruction of the Hall of Justice on Kearny Street (now the site of the Hilton Hotel)
North Beach
View southeast to Kohl Building, Asian man walking toward camera - Merchants Exchange, Hotel McDonough
North Beach
View West on Greenwich toward Russian Hill and Golden Gate beyond. Fort Mason, Marin Headlands, Fort Point in distance. Smokestack in distance left is Presidio & Ferries Railroad Union Street cable car house and power house, near Leavenworth St.
Telegraph Hill
View east on Broadway to two electric streetcars in distance. Temporary Monaco Photo Studio at left. "Monaco Foto" is on original negative, not the building. Horrigan's liquors to right of Monaco. Large brick building is County Jail.
North Beach
Barbary Coast. View northeast across Pacific Street between Kearny & Montgomery to Hippodrome, Purcell's So Different Cafe, Old Gold, Thalia Dance Hall [Pacific St. BC-6][F810 BC-006] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
North Beach