Old City Hall ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast across burnt out district towards ruins of old Civic Center and City Hall
Civic Center1906 Earthquake
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Scott & O'Farrell
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view northeast to earthquake damage at Girls High School. Note refugee camp in background left
Western Addition
Union near Hyde
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruins of Presidio & Ferries Railroad Union Street cable car house and power house after 1906 earthquake and fire.
Russian Hill
Sansome & Washington
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north on Sansome after 1906 earthquake, Appraiser's Building (U.S. Custom House)
Financial District
Battery at Washington
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake ruins, Southeast corner of Battery Street and Washington after 1906 earthquake
North Beach
Stockton at Post
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking northeast across Stockton after 1906 earthquake and fire to ruins of Pacific Union Club.
Downtown / Union Square
Larkin & McAllister
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south across McAllister to City Hall after the 1906 earthquake
Civic Center
Mason near Ellis
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Mason near Ellis looking southeast after 1906 earthquake. Flood Building, Hotel Hamilton, Emporium ruins.
Ellis near Mason
1906 Earthquake and Fire, After 1906 earthquake, view east. YMCA ruins at center, Call Building in distance
Tenderloin
Polk near Sutter
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to Nob Hill from east of Van Ness and Fern Ave. Citizens National Bank was on the southwest corner of Polk and Fern. It reopened within one week of the fire and used its gutted brick building as a temporary measure. Bush (left) and Sutter (right) extend eastward. Fairmont Hotel on left, tops of buildings in Union Square area and Call Building on right. Edge of Sutter St. Railroad Co.'s ruined Powerhouse on far right.
Lower Nob Hill
Grace Church
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to Grace Church after 1906 earthquake, future site of Metropolitan Life Insurance, Cogswell College, Ritz Carlton Hotel
Nob Hill
Mason near Geary
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Native Sons of the Golden West building near the northeast corner of Mason and Geary Streets after the earthquake and fire. To its left, First Congregational Church. At far left, the Fairmont Hotel. At far right Hotel Alexander, 352 Geary.
Downtown / Union Square
Fairmont Hotel
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Fairmont Hotel taken from the southeast corner of Mason and Jackson
Nob Hill
Mason at Broadway
1906 earthquake and fire, view southeast toward the intersection of Mason and Broadway. Ferry Building at left; ruins of Yglesia de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe church in foreground center; Hall of Justice background center left. [Looking S.E. across Mason and Broadway, 368] Taken from present Ina Coolbrith Park.
Russian Hill
Jones near California
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Post-1906 fire ruins
Nob Hill
Mason near Eddy
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest to Tivoli Opera House ruins at Mason and Eddy Streets.
Downtown / Union Square
Pine near Leavenworth
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest across Pine Street west of Leavenworth to earthquake ruins. Area on right was the site of a large home which had been built for William C. Ralston in 1874 at 1222 Pine. See wnp37.03610-L.
Lower Nob Hill
Green near Polk
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest from burned area after the 1906 earthquake and fire. St. Brigid Church on left at Broadway and Van Ness. Lafayette Park beyond.
Polk Gulch
Polk & Union
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Polk and Union after 1906 earthquake, looking west towards the line of the fire's furthest advance at Van Ness Ave. Presidio and Golden Gate at a distance. [Cor. Polk and Union looking West - Golden Gate in distance, 436]
Polk Gulch
Clay & Mason
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north to surviving houses on Russian Hill after 1906 earthquake. Washington and Mason cable car powerhouse ruins.
Nob Hill