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View from Mission District

April 18, 1906

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast from about Liberty Street east of Dolores, possibly from the back window of a house. Two separate columns of smoke show the Hayes Valley 'Ham and Eggs' Fire and the fire Downtown. City Hall ruins at center, Spires of St. Ignatius Church and College to left. Youth Directory (19th and Linda Streets, site of Mission Pool today) at right. Most buildings in the view would be destroyed by fire. (exact time should be calculable)