wnp102.0063

Mason & Columbus

January 1, 1906

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View toward Telegraph Hill past ruins and rubble following 1906 earthquake. Walls of Presentation Convent Roman Catholic school. [Catholic school] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)

Location

801 Greenwich St, 94133

Russian Hill

Keyword

Ruins

Artifact

Date Added: November 29, 2018
Contributor: Courtesy of Vicky Walker, Bernal History Project

Rights

Downloadable: Yes

Related Photos

wnp37.02103

Montgomery & Jackson

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]

1906 North Beach

wnp135.00108

Unknown Location

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Crack in cobblestone street after earthquake. [Result of earthquake in street.]

1906

wnp71.1957

Mason & Market

Elevated view north on Mason from Market. Hotel Inverness, Tivoli Opera House, Gen. Arthur Cigar ad Fairmont Hotel in distance. The date range for this photo is the production of Florodora, which played for the first time in SF at the Tivoli, from April 9, 1905 through May 7, 1905, and did not have a follow up run before the 1906 earthquake and fire. The Metropole lodging house is on the left of the photo. The Hotel Inverness was completed in early 1904. Pacific Shirt Co., Drs. Kergan & Kergan Electric Sanitarium, J.J. Gildea Outfitters, Cohn Bros. Jewelers, The Diamond House, 1034 Market. [No. 15 Mason St. North from Market][F810 SS-114] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

1905 Tenderloin

wnp135.00022

Lafayette Square

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east from Gough and Clay from Lafayette Square

1906 Pacific

wnp60.0019

Mission near 4th

View West from center of street to track construction. Bass-Hueter Paint Co., 816 Mission; Golden West Storage Warehouse, 840 Mission at right. Jacob Schwerdt bar, store and office fixtures 821-823 Mission at left. Twin Peaks in distance. [Rerailing Mission Streets] between 4th & 5th - United Railroads [U00570]

1905 South of Market

wnp26.1411

Market & Battery

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [No. 28-A Market & Battery Sts.] View northeast from Market to Donahue Mechanics Monument. 1906 earthquake and fire ruins. Much debris in street. Small temporary building. Ferry Building at right.

1906 Financial District