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Kearny near Broadway
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on Kearny Street from Telegraph Hill. Rubble, man walking with cane up the hill, damaged buildings in background, cable car tracks. Various buildings in background: Columbus Tower, Hall of Justice, de Young Building Annex, Call Building, Mills Building, Kohl Building, Merchant's Exchange Building. [(18) 8718 Overlooking Kearney St. - lower burned area from Telegraph Hill - San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A. Copyright 1906 by H. C. White Co.]
North Beach
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Sutter near Powell
View east on Sutter toward Powell, Rebuilt Temple Emanu-El at left. PG&E Building, Hotel Colonial. Leah Dreyfus accident. A contemporary newspaper account described the fatal accident on January 26, 1912 as follows: "Mrs. Leah Dreyfus, a wealthy widow and mother of Emil and Walter Dreyfus of the contracting firm of Dreyfus Brothers, was almost instantly killed by a Sutter street car at the Powell street crossing at 12:30 this afternoon. Mrs. Dreyfus was about to cross at the corner and became confused by approaching cars. Before she could get out of the way she was knocked down, being thrown heavily to the pavement." Another account noted she was 64 years old, lived at 2463 Jackson Street, and was an active member of the Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood. [Sutter & Powell looking East. A.R (accid
Downtown / Union Square