Open SF History Photos

Eddy near Divisadero
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Eddy near Divisadero

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest across Eddy to earthquake ruins of Holy Cross Church with wooden beams shoring the damaged steeples. [Holy Cross Church #65 Bushnell Foto Co.]

Western Addition
O'Farrell & Scott
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O'Farrell & Scott

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to Earthquake damage [Girls High School #16 Bushnell Foto Co.]

Western Addition
Dore near Brannan
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Dore near Brannan

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south to earthquake damage, pavement subsidence, Collins Fireproofing at southwest corner Dore & Brannan, Stauffer Chemical [Dore Street. #83 Bushnell Foto Co.]

South of Market
2nd & Folsom
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2nd & Folsom

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, view northwest toward downtown. L to R, Aronson Building, Call Building, Rialto Building, top of Mutual Savings Building, Chronicle Annex, Palace Hotel, Crocker Building, Fairmont Hotel [Looking North from Folsom & 2nd #17 Bushnell Foto Co.]

South of Market
Van Ness & O'Farrell
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Van Ness & O'Farrell

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west up O'Farrell, woman and girl selling objects on steps [St. Mary's Cathedral #34 Bushnell Foto Co.]

Cathedral Hill
Geary near Powell
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Geary near Powell

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Reconstruction, new wing of St. Francis Hotel under construction, fire damage, tents in Union Square [St. Francis Hotel #50 Bushnell Foto Co.]

Downtown / Union Square
7th & Mission
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7th & Mission

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view northeast to Earthquake Ruins, Old Post Office, now US Court of Appeals. Street under repair [S.F. Post Office #19 Bushnell Foto Co.]

South of Market
9th near Brannan
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9th near Brannan

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Damage South of Market West side of 9th between Bryant and Brannan. subsidence of street, sign on building advertises the Annual Meeting of the Alhambra Club on April 29, 1906 [9th and Brannan #87 Bushnell Foto Co.]

South of Market
7th Ave near Irving
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7th Ave near Irving

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast. 1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, Laguna Honda School. The new school was under construction at the time of the earthquake, the first Laguna Honda School is visible behind the new school. Piles of lumber in street, rubble surrounding building. [Laguna Honda School - 7th & J St. #67 Bushnell Foto Co.]

Sunset Inner
California & Front
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California & Front

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, men milling around, opened safes on the street. [View from California and Front #9 Bushnell Foto Co.]

Financial District
Sutro Heights
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Sutro Heights

Sutro Heights, by Ansel Adams. Statues of 'Prometheus', planter urn, and 'Femme au Serpent' on Parapet. Seal Rocks in background.

Sutro
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

Trained Pigs performing at Col. Daniel Boone's Arcade. Horse and chariot racing in background.

Golden Gate Park
Sutter & Taylor
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Sutter & Taylor

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, view southeast toward Union Square, Call Building, Whittell Building, St. Francis Hotel north wing under construction at center, First Congregational Church. [Ruins from Sutter and Taylor #5 Bushnell Foto Co.] Same original image as wnp27.7352 with different cropping.

Lower Nob Hill
Market & New Montgomery
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Market & New Montgomery

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, Palace Hotel from Market Street [Palace Hotel. #38 Bushnell Foto Co.]

South of Market
View from Kite Hill
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View from Kite Hill

View Northerly from Kite Hill, Corona Heights at left with Gray Brothers brick factory, City Hall in the distance [Panorama, view showing City Hall in distance]

Eureka Valley
View toward Russian Hill
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View toward Russian Hill

Intersection of Jones & Jackson streets on Nob Hill, looking NW to Russian Hill. At the corner is 1501 Jones, built in 1867 for Robert C Scott, the owner of a wines and liquors business. Next to the north is 1505 Jones, built in 1868 for Charles Murray, a clerk. The gabled house with a porch, partly obscured by a tree, is 1507 Jones, built in 1864 for Wilbur F Bayley, co-proprietor of a photography studio at 618 Washington. In the background is a mansard-roofed mansion at the NW corner of Vallejo and Leavenworth, Russian Hill, built in 1871 for brick manufacturer Jabez Clay and was later the home of a well-known judge, Delos Lake. At the extreme upper right is the octagonal house at 1067 Green Street, the only building in this photo that still stands. [WK][No. 983 Russian Hill]

Nob Hill
View from Palace Hotel
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View from Palace Hotel

Elevated view north to Masonic Temple at Montgomery and Post in foreground, Telegraph Hill with Layman's Castle in distance. St. Francis of Assisi Church in distance, far left, Occidental Hotel at far right. [4423. San Francisco, from Palace Hotel]

South of Market
View from Telegraph Hill
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View from Telegraph Hill

View southwest from Telegraph Hill across Washington Square (with landscaping growing in) towards Russian Hill. Columbus Avenue not yet cut through. Filbert St at lower right. Same image as wnp24.0068a, wnp71.2136. [984. Russian Hill]

Telegraph Hill
Jones & Market
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Jones & Market

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view northeast to earthquake Ruins, Hibernia Bank and remains of Prager's Department Store (Murphy Building) in foreground, Flood Mansion, Fairmont Hotel, First Congregational Church and St. Francis Hotel in background.. [16894 Powel [Sic], Mason, Tailor [Sic], Stockton, Dupont, Kearney [Sic] and Montgomery Streets, Great Earthquake, San Francisco]

Tenderloin
View NE from Russian Hill
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View NE from Russian Hill

View from near Green and Taylor Streets, northeast to Washington Square (with mature trees) and Telegraph Hill. St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church to left of Washington Square at Stockton and Filbert. Original Ss. Peter & Paul church at Filbert and Grant.

Russian Hill