Contains 809 photos
1906 Earthquake and Fire Damage, View Union and Leavenworth [One of the Sights Which Beggars Description--Telegraph Hill Looking East from Union and Leavenworth Streets--San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Disaster of April 18, 1906.]
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake & Fire, from Van Ness & Bay, Refugees in vacant lots with fire in background
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, View northeast from Green & Powell to Telegraph Hill, Powell streetcar tracks. Washington Square at left.
Russian 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, Looking east from Union & Leavenworth Sts. after earthquake & fire [One of the Sights Which Beggars Description--Telegraph Hill Looking East from Union and Leavenworth Streets--San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Disaster of April 18, 1906.] Long description of time of earthquake on back.
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Around 4:00 pm. View southeast from Russian Hill, Appraisers Building, Columbus Tower (Sentinel Building), Hall of Justice on Portsmouth Square, Kohl Building, Merchant's Exchange [San Francisco In Flames. Copyrighted 1906 by A.L. Murat S.F. Cal.]
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruins of the Palace Baths, Alonzo Trueworthy, Proprietor. North Beach. Ten bathtubs in foreground. Ruins of Russian Church, back left. In the far distance, spire of St. Francis Church. [Postcard, A typical scene in the burned district.]
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest toward the intersection of Taylor and Broadway and the Russian Hill summit. Top of Russian hill with surviving houses behind. San Francisco Landmark #46 House of the Flag at upper right. Earthquake ruins in foreground.
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[Spanish Church Broadway-Mason Street 1906] Nuestra Senora De Guadalupe church.
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View East to Telegraph Hill. Washington Square at left, Stulz Bros. grocers, Union and Columbus (then Montgomery Ave.). St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church to left of Washington Square at Stockton and Filbert. Original Ss. Peter & Paul Roman Catholic Church above at Grant and Filbert. Lafayette Primary School further up hill at Kearny and Filbert. Stulz Bros. Grocers. [TEH549 Telegraph Hill April 6, 1906. Green and Taylor Sts. T. E. Hecht]
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Mason near Union. View northwest. Earthquake ruins, Russian Hill at left, with bay and Alcatraz in background
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Mason near Union. Ruins of North Beach, looking north to Alcatraz and Angel Island. Mason Street at center
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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 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, View east to Telegraph Hill; earthquake ruins; Presentation Convent Roman Catholic school complex on Powell St. between Greenwich and Lombard at center left. Corner of Washington Square at center right. At upper right, houses around Union and Montgomery Streets that survived the disaster. 3 story brick building ruins at center right is Washington Brewery at Lombard and Taylor. Evidence of rebuilding on many blocks.
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake refugee tents and shanties, Fort Mason and Fontana Warehouse. Foreground is site of present Galileo High School. Golden Gate beyond. [Fort Mason Camp]
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Panorama of Cow Hollow District and refugee camps. View northwest from Russian Hill above Polk showing Fort Mason at center, Fontana Warehouse on right, bay and Marin Hills in distance. Part 2. Part 1 is wnp33.01005. [Clayton St Family Collection].
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west to panorama of Cow Hollow District from about Lombard and Polk. Earthquake refugee tents in distance. The apartment building at center still stands at Lombard & Van Ness. San Francisco Gas Works at center right. Russian Hill looking west, Part 1. Part 2 is wnp33.01006. [Clayton St Family Collection]
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake and Fire, View southeast from Russian Hill, city burning in background, giggling girls, Genthe Photos. Hall of Justice on Portsmouth Square at left. Major Montgomery St. buildings. [SC59]
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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, view northeast from Green & Powell to Telegraph Hill, Powell streetcar tracks. Washington Square at left. Grahame Hardy collection.
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