Golden Gate near Jones
Man standing at entrance of damaged St. Boniface Church, Golden Gate between Jones and Leavenworth
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Larkin near Turk
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast toward City Hall ruins and Hall of Records. Ads posted for Port Costa Flour, Easton Addition Burlingam.
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Market & McAllister
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Hibernia Bank, fire damage [129]
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Nob Hill Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to four men in a horse buggy, ruins all around. Flood mansion, Fairmont Hotel in distance [5336 The San Francisco Earthquake, April 18, 1906. Nob Hill and Fairmount (sic) Hotel from Van Ness Avenue. Copyright 1906 by C. H. Graves.]
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Downtown ruins 1906
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking east from approx. Van Ness and Ellis Sts. [View from Van Ness Ave] Ruins and rubble. Whittell Building, Call Building and Flood Building in distance.
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O'Farrell near Jones
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to downtown earthquake ruins and workers clearing debris. In distance from left, Whittell and Butler Buildings under construction, Call Building, Flood Building. The two story brick and stone facade with double archways at left is the remains of the Eureka Benevolent Society building (1900) at 436 O'Farrell. The Society was established in 1850 by August Helbing to assist immigrant Jews in San Francisco. It was rebuilt to a similar design in 1910 and that building still stands, with a fortune telling business occupying the first floor in 2019. [Looking Down O'Farrell St. from Jones]
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Market & Jones
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north across Market up Jones to Hibernia Bank ruins [Hibernia Bank Chas. Bailey L.A. #84]
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Market & 6th
View south across Market from Taylor St. to Van Vroom Building, on fire after earthquake. C. G. Pretious cigars. [Corner of 6th & Market Apr. 18 - 2:30 pm]
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O'Farrell near Leavenworth
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south through arch of Corinthian columns of ruined apartment building to wrecked City Hall and Dome. Hall of Records at left. The building was under construction at the time of the earthquake and fire. Construction had gotten only as far as partial completion of the walls for the first floor and completed later as the Cornelia Apartments, 641 O'Farrell, extant 2018.
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Market & Mason
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View North toward Mason Street. Admission Day Monument (Native Sons Monument), ruins, Old Poodle Dog, Fairmont Hotel in distance. Reconstruction on right.
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Market & Jones
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [#2 Western Photographic Co. L.A., Cal; Pragers Market & Jones] View east to earthquake ruins, civilian with rifle, police officer, Red Cross agent in auto in front of ruins of Prager's Department Store (Murphy Building) ; Flood and Call buildings in distance. Market Street filled with debris.
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Market & Jones
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Hibernia Bank Building. Earthquake refugees.
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Golden Gate & Hyde
1906 Earthquake and fire, 301 Golden Gate Avenue, southwest corner of Golden Gate & Hyde. People walking past structure badly damaged by earthquake. Tavern on first floor with large ad for Hotaling's Old Kirk Whisky. Likely this was April 18th, 1906 (see also wnp27.2513) [28]
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Larkin & Turk
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest across intersection to partially collapsed two story brick building, Samuel Barman & Co. Cigars, 501 Larkin. South facade has fallen into street.
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O'Farrell near Polk
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to people walking in street with Fairmont Hotel (left), St. Francis Hotel and Whittell Building (right) in background
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Mason near Eddy
View south on Mason towards Market Street, people watching fire South of Market. Admission Day Monument. (Native Sons) [35]. Duplicate of wnp37.01251.
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Powell & Ellis
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to steam engine pulling ruins down. [Pulling Down Walls Powell Street, Flood Building in Background].
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Mason & Eddy
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on Mason towards Market Street, people watching fire South of Market. Admission Day Monument. (Native Sons)
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Eddy & Leavenworth
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to people walking, Eddy streetcar approaching, Flood Mansion and Fairmont Hotel at left, Call Building at right background.
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Golden Gate & Jones
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [33] View east on Golden Gate Ave. to man pulling trunk, people milling as fire burns South of Market. Marks Bros. with Carrolton Hotel behind, Golden Gate Theatre barely visible. O'Kane Harness, 26 Golden Gate.
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