Open SF History Photos

Memorial Museum
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Memorial Museum

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Memorial Museum in Golden Gate Park, showing earthquake damage to east wall. Originally constructed as the Fine Arts Building for 1894 Midwinter Fair, it was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum. It was repaired and later demolished in 1929.

Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Dutch Windmill and marshy area

Golden Gate Park
Ocean Beach
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Ocean Beach

Looking south to Pavilion and Park

Sutro Heights
Lyman Stewart Shipwreck
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Lyman Stewart Shipwreck

Oil tanker SS Lyman Stewart on the rocks at Lands End. View looking northeast. Golden Gate in background. Color lantern slide.

Pemberton & Graystone
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Pemberton & Graystone

Looking east to Corona Heights, colorized

Clarendon Heights
View from Lone Mountain
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View from Lone Mountain

Looking northeast to Ewing Field, Presidio Carbarn

Lone Mountain
View from Lone Mountain
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View from Lone Mountain

Looking North to Geary and Laurel Hill Cemetery

Lone Mountain
View of Golden Gate
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View of Golden Gate

View from Telegraph Hill to Golden Gate, Black Point and White Point (Tonquin)

Telegraph Hill
Reporter Shipwreck
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Reporter Shipwreck

The schooner Reporter stranded on Ocean Beach near foot of Noriega St.

Ocean Beach
Chinatown
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Chinatown

Crowd of Chinese Men and Children awaiting news of Boxer Rebellion, in front of Ning Yung Association, 23 Waverly Place, Yuen Fat & Co., Quong On Chong & Co. (23 Waverly in 1895 directory).[11659. Reading the war news--in Chinatown]

Chinatown
Hermann & Laguna
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Hermann & Laguna

Protestant Orphan Asylum, looking northwest toward Waller

Mint Hill
18th & Harrison
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18th & Harrison

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking west to Tank Hill and Mt. Sutro in background

Mission
Market near 8th
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Market near 8th

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view north to 1906 Earthquake, City Hall Ruins, hand colored

Civic Center
Larkin near Fulton
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Larkin near Fulton

1906 Earthquake and Fire, City Hall ruins, close up of columns; hand colored

Civic Center
PPIE
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PPIE

Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Palace of Fine Arts viewed across lagoon

Marina
29th Ave near Lincoln
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29th Ave near Lincoln

View north. Photo of family group posing along the side of the house at 1232 29th Avenue (built 1916) near Lincoln Way. 1201 29th Avenue is in background at left, across the street from Golden Gate Park.

Sunset Outer
Presidio
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Presidio

Group with flowers forming possibly for Memorial Day or Decoration Day ceremonies. Members of Grand Army of the Republic and child dressed as Red Cross nurse. Presidio Boulevard near Lombard Street.

Presidio
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Racers, man on horseback, onlookers. Probably Polo Field

Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Polo fields?, Girls crossing lawn, onlookers and parade on horseback in background

Golden Gate Park
2nd Cliff House
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2nd Cliff House

The chateau-inspired Cliff House was built in 1896 by Adolph Sutro. It survived the 1906 earthquake only to burn on September 7, 1906. View looking north on Cliff Avenue (today's Point Lobos Ave.). Large doors at lower center led to a carriageway under the structure.

Sutro