Van Ness near Washington
President McKinley rides in open horse drawn carriage during visit.
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Van Ness near Washington
President McKinley Visit. Ashe Mansion.
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Polk & Sacramento
Cable Car Crossing. Wide gauge tracks on Polk Street (5-ft) while the tracks on Sacramento were narrow gauge (3-ft). Looking north. - United Railroads [U00296]
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Van Ness & Washington
Front of Ashe family mansion; blurry kids
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Van Ness & Sacramento
[Van Ness & Sacramento] View across cable car tracks to SE corner. First Presbyterian Church (old 1st Church). - United Railroads (one of these) [U00600]
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Sacramento & Van Ness
Old First Presbyterian Church, southeast corner Sacramento & Van Ness, Sacramento Street cable car tracks - United Railroads (one of these) [U00598] [U00599] [U00600] [U00601]
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Van Ness & California
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view southeast from Van Ness and California over burn zone (pretty poor reproduction postcard) [2 Van Ness & Calif, A. Lipman pho]
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Burned Cable Cars
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest to remains of cars of the California Street Cable Car Line at Polk and California. Ruins of Claus Spreckels mansion at right. Lafayette Park in center distance.
Downtown
California & Van Ness
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view looking northeast over burnt area towards Nob Hill and Russian Hill. Jones Street Tank in center distance. [1. Calf - Van-Ness Looking North East Lipman Photo]
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Spreckels Mansion
[8194 Claus Spreckels residence, on Van Ness Ave., where the great fire was checked. U-91097] Boy on fence pointing. House burned out.
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Earthquake ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view northeast from Van Ness near Pine to Nob Hill, Clay Street Tank in distance right. [8191-Nob Hill, from which wealth and splendor were driven by the great fire - San Francisco, Cal. Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood U-91102] Granite staircase, fence, with ruins behind.
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California & Polk
[8231- Burned cable cars - looking E. on California St over the terrible wreckage, San Francisco, Cal. Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood. U-91590]
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Van Ness near Green
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north down Van Ness near Green or Union. Houses burning, men running, Marin headlands in background. Man sits among charred ruins watching a block be consumed by fire after the 1906 earthquake.
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View of Russian Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake damage, View from Jackson and Van Ness looking north-north east.
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Clay & Van Ness
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest to ruins of Claus Spreckels Mansion from across Van Ness (unusual angle up Clay Street)
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St. Luke's Church
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [San Francisco in Ruins; Effects of the Earthquake St. Luke's Church] ruins of St. Luke's Church Episcopal Church, Van Ness and Clay Streets.
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Spreckels Mansion Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest across Van Ness toward Clay to Claus Spreckels mansion. Cropped from image at wnp71.0089.
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Van Ness & Sacramento
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking northwest to ruins of Claus Spreckels home, burned out during 1906 earthquake and fire. [EF-107]
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Van Ness near Clay
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Line of mounted soldiers passing the ruins of St. Luke's Church. [EF-105] [G810 EF-105] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Van Ness & Sacramento
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruins of the Spreckels Mansion. Same image as wnp4.1580. [EF-107] [G810 EF-107] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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