Temple Emanu-El ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south to rear of temple from Pine near Stockton, Hotel St. Francis at right
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Marina District
View west from approx. Van Ness Ave and Francisco St. towards Marina, Presidio and Fort Winfield Scott. Lombarda Wine Co. 1535 Francisco. Earthquake refugee shacks at lower right had originally been located on Lobos Square (today's Moscone Field), but in 1908 were moved off the public square and onto private property where they were stored for several years. Barracks and support buildings at Fort Scott in distance were constructed 1909-1912.
Marina
Refugee Headquarters
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Golden Gate Park Concourse - Memorial Museum, with west wall damaged by earthquake. 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.
Golden Gate Park
Jefferson Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Army tents indicate an early time after earthquake
Western Addition
Jefferson Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, refugee camp made up of Army tents.
Western Addition
Jefferson Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugee camp. Army tents indicate an early time after earthquake.
Western Addition
Refugee Tents
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View down rows of tents separated by roadway. Man sits on bench. Washington Square?
North Beach
Refugee Camp
1906 Earthquake and Fire, early view of the Jefferson Square camp before camp cottages were erected. Makeshift kitchens
Western Addition
Page near Central
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west on Page toward Central Avenue. Women cooking in a street kitchen in the middle of Page. Soldiers, streetcar tracks. Side view of 160 Central Avenue, built 1894, at left.
Haight Ashbury
Fairmont Hotel
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to burned out Fairmont Hotel viewed through burned trees, from Taylor St.
Nob Hill
O'Farrell near Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking east on O'Farrell toward Call Building.
Downtown / Union Square
View from Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to downtown. Kohl Bldg at left, Ferry Building in distance with repair scaffolding. Merchants Exchange at center with structural repairs underway.
Nob Hill
California & Stockton
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruins of Grace Church following 1906 fire and earthquake
Downtown
Panorama to Twin Peaks
1906 Earthquake and Fire, from Crockers Nob Hill
Nob Hill
California & Taylor
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to the rear of the portico of the ruined A. N. Towne mansion on California Street. Portico was moved to Lloyd Lake in Golden Gate Park in 1909 and became known as Portals of the Past. Fairmont Hotel under reconstruction in the background.
Nob Hill
Grace Church Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, California Street at Stockton, known informally as Grace Cathedral.
Nob Hill
Sacramento near Sansome
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west on Sacramento towards Nob Hill. Rubble clearing - Fairmont Hotel left
Nob Hill
Powell Street Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast over men excavating in bottom of large hole, Temple Emanu-El on Sutter Street in background.
Downtown
View North from Chinatown
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view north on Grant Avenue through ruins of Chinatown. In the background is St Francis of Assisi at Columbus (then Montgomery Avenue) and Vallejo St.
Chinatown
Eddy & Mason
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east along the north side of Eddy between Mason and Powell. Construction at 64 Eddy. The building was later used as the temporary City Hall, City Jail, and Hall of Justice. A sign in the window says 'Offices Board of Supervisors.' Construction was completed in January 1907. To the right, Carl Larsen's Tivoli Cafe is being rebuilt, with a sign saying it would open 'about February 1st, 1907.' (PF) At right, a poster for the San Francisco Opera Company production of 'The Princess Chick' at the American Theatre, which opened on February 4, 1907. Flood (with Western National Bank office) and Emporium buildings in background.
Tenderloin