wnp135.00027

Lafayette Square

January 1, 1906

1906 Earthquake and Fire, “Watching the fire”

Location

Keywords

Artifact

Date Added: May 28, 2023
Contributor: Courtesy of a Private Collector
Format: Postcard, Lithographic

Rights

Downloadable: Yes

Related Photos

wnp33.00717

Earthquake damage

1906 Earthquake and Fire, unknown location, [SC49]

1906

wnp37.10077

City Hall Ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on Larkin between McAllister and Grove. Fallen Columns, cable car tracks on Larkin. [West side of City Hall]

1906 Civic Center

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

wnp14.4293

1st & Bryant

View southeast from Rincon Hill above Embarcadero to Pacific Coast Company coal yard, lumber yards, derricks, Fleet in the Bay, Great White Fleet

1908 Rincon Hill

wnp13.429

Fort Mason?

1906 Earthquake and Fire, people sorting through clothing donated for earthquake relief. (No brick buildings of this type at Fort Mason in 1906)

1906

wnp27.1970

Hayes near Divisadero

Elevated view northeast across Hayes toward Divisadero from the steps of 1309 Hayes. Crowds gathered in the street during the streetcar strike to protest United Railroads streetcar staffed by strikebreakers. Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum and Home Society Orphanage (Gymnasium building in back) is visible at the far corner of Hayes and Divisadero. The corner building at left still stands in 2021.

1907 Panhandle