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Downtown Ruins

January 1, 1906

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest from top of Kohl Building at Montgomery and California Streets. In distance from left: Russian Hill, Hall of Justice on Portsmouth Square, St Francis of Assisi Church, Sentinel Building (Columbus Tower), Telegraph Hill. In the foreground below center, the north side of the 600 block of Commercial Street including: ruin of the 1877 U.S Sub-Treasury building (built on the site of the original U.S. Branch Mint after the Mint moved to 5th & Mission). Curved cornice at lower right is the Italian American Bank at Montgomery and Sacramento Streets, ruins of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building beyond.. [Looking N.W. From Kohl Bldg #79 Bushnell Foto Co.]