Open SF History Photos

Nob Hill
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Nob Hill

View east over Nob Hill backyards, Mark Hopkins Hotel, Stanford Apartments at left, Russ Building, Standard Oil Building, Hunter-Dulin Building, Hobart Building, 450 Sutter.

Nob Hill
PPIE
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PPIE

Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Tower of Jewels under construction, steel framing

Marina
Lands End.
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Lands End.

[Golden Gate from Old Signal Station.] View east towards Golden Gate. Helmet Rock in foreground.

Lands End
Unknown Location
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Unknown Location

Four children pose for the camera. Street sign reads "School/ Drive Slow."

Market near New Montgomery
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Market near New Montgomery

View west on Market between 2nd and New Montgomery in front of the Weinstein Company, 615 Market. A long Line of people wait to buy cigarette during a cigarette shortage. Next door is Hoffman's Grill, 619 Market declared a landmark in 1981 (SFLandmark 144), it was gutted in 1985 and surrounded by a highrise building. The facade remains.

Financial District
Post & Kearny
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Post & Kearny

Cigarette Shortage, Line of Customers

Downtown / Union Square
Post & Kearny
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Post & Kearny

View south towards Market Street. Cigarette Shortage, line of customers at cigar store

Downtown / Union Square
Frank H. Buck Shipwreck
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Frank H. Buck Shipwreck

Wreck of oil tanker SS Frank H. Buck. Mile Rocks Lighthouse and Marin Headlands in distance. [1253]

Lands End
Sansome near Commercial
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Sansome near Commercial

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north on Sansome to Earthquake Damage, Zellerbach & Sons building at 418 Sansome leveled in foreground, Cowell Building standing in ruins at center, Appraisers Building in background

Financial District
Battery & Market
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Battery & Market

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Damage, [Walls Torn Down, Buildings Wrecked, Lowest Terms Apply, Battery & Market)

Financial District
Clay & Sansome
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Clay & Sansome

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Clay & Sansome Sts. Fire burning. Phillips & Van Orden at 508 Clay.

Financial District
Hall of Justice
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Hall of Justice

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Washington & Kearny. Earthquake & Fire Ruins

Chinatown
Clay & Grant
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Clay & Grant

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to chinatown ruins and Hall of Justice

Chinatown
Sutro Heights
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Sutro Heights

Sutro Heights. Parapet and perimeter road. View to north. DPW photo [7965 7-25-22 Sutro Heights.]

Sutro
Lands End
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Lands End

Mile Rock Beach, Helmet Rock, Lands End, and the Golden Gate

Lands End
Russian Hill
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Russian Hill

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake & Fire, from Van Ness & Bay, Refugees in vacant lots with fire in background

Russian Hill
Montgomery & Sacramento
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Montgomery & Sacramento

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Montgomery & Sacramento Streets. Earthquake ruins, Italian-American Bank at 460 Montgomery Street

Financial District
California & Taylor
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California & Taylor

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake damage, Man posing near safes of Towne Mansion at 1101 California Street.

Nob Hill
Powell near Bush
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Powell near Bush

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake ruins, view southeast across Powell from Nob Hill to Chronicle Annex, Shreve Building, Call Bldg., Whittell Building, Temple Emanu-El, Butler Bldg. Five ruined archways of Germania Hall / California Hall at 620 Bush.

Nob Hill
Powell near Bush
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Powell near Bush

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake ruins, view south from upper Powell on Nob Hill to Union Square, Retail District, Temple Emanu-El, Butler Bldg., Emporium Building, Flood Bldg and St Francis Hotel

Nob Hill