Open SF History Photos

Franklin near Hayes
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Franklin near Hayes

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view northeast from Franklin towards ruins of St. Ignatius Church and College. Present site of Davies Symphony Hall. [St. Ignatius Church & College]

Civic Center
Battery & Sacramento
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Battery & Sacramento

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view northwest to Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building in distance left; Neller & Schermer Co. Wine Merchants 409 Sansome in center. Montgomery Block center right, Brown & Power stationers 418 Sansome.

Financial District
Franklin & Fell
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Franklin & Fell

1906 Earthquake and Fire ['The Rennaisance' Franklin & Fell St.] Ruins of apartment buidling with man walking in front.

Civic Center
Battery & Sacramento
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Battery & Sacramento

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Battery & Sacramento; see wnp27.2888

Financial District
Market & 4th
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Market & 4th

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east on Market; Call Building on left; Kodak building on right

Downtown / Union Square
Unknown Location
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Unknown Location

1906 Earthquake and Fire ruins. Fairmont Hotel atop Nob Hill in distance. Possibly Taylor Street near Market.

Yerba Buena Island
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Yerba Buena Island

[Goat Island or Yerba Buena; just south of Treasure Island, San Francisco Bay; World's Fair; 1938-39] West side of island from Bay. Photo taken before Bay Bridge

Treasure Island
Franklin near Van Ness
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Franklin near Van Ness

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [From Franklin toward Van Ness Ave]

Fulton Chutes
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Fulton Chutes

Fulton Street Chutes occupied the block between 10th and 11th Avenues, and Cabrillo and Fulton Streets. [The Chutes and the Circle Swing]

Richmond Inner
Powell & O'Farrell
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Powell & O'Farrell

Looking north from O'Farrell, St. Francis Hotel and Chancellor Hotel on left [Geary St.]

Downtown / Union Square
Market near 3rd
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Market near 3rd

[Parade at Diamond Jubilee] View southeast across Market from Grant; Examiner and Call Buildings. Peerless Clothing Co.

Downtown / Union Square
View from Russian Hill
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View from Russian Hill

[Telegraph Hill] View northeast from Russian Hill over North Beach. Woman standing on unidentified rooftop. Yerba Buena Island in distance far right. Spires of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Church at far left center.

Nob Hill
Union Square
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Union Square

View from Geary & Stockton Streets. Man crossing street; St. Francis on left

Downtown / Union Square
Market, Bush & Battery
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Market, Bush & Battery

[Industrial Monument] View east to Mechanics (Donahue) Monument. Board of Trade Building, Kewell Fishing Tackle in background.

Financial District
Grant & Sacramento
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Grant & Sacramento

View north across intersection. Dragon lantern streetlamps dedicated September, 1925. [Chinatown, Grant Av.]

Chinatown
Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

[Eastern Part of Ferry Building] Streetcar terminus at Embarcadero & Market

Financial District
3rd Cliff House
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3rd Cliff House

Terrace behind Cliff House. Seal Rocks at left. Tour bus kiosk at center. [Cliff House] Seal Rocks

Sutro Heights
Ferryboat Garden City
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Ferryboat Garden City

[A busy Ferry Boat] Southern Pacific ferry 'Garden City'

Palace of Fine Arts
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Palace of Fine Arts

View across lagoon to rotunda. [Museum of Art]

Marina
Market near Powell
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Market near Powell

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view northeast across Market toward James Flood Building at Powell with evidence of fire scorching, rubble in the foreground, food stall.

South of Market