1906 Earthquake

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City Hall ruins
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City Hall ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast from Larkin & Grove Streets. City Hall Ave at right.

Civic Center
South of Market on Fire
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South of Market on Fire

Elevated view northeast from Haight and Octavia to approaching fires. Hotel Franklin, Thomas Johns Groceries 94 Haight, roof of 1st Infantry Regiment Armory (brick building at center, southeast corner of Gough and Page), Burke's Saloon. [R.A. Troyer A-8]

Mint Hill
Montgomery & California
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Montgomery & California

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south towards Safe Deposit Building, Security Savings Bank and Mills Building. Group standing and seated on rubble at corner.[Ruins in Montgomery St]

Financial District
Call Building
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Call Building

1906 Earthquake and Fire, 3rd and Market, After Fire, electric Streetcar

South of Market
Fairmont Hotel ruins
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Fairmont Hotel ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast from Bush Street. Fairmont Hotel in distance

Lower Nob Hill
View Northwest from Rincon Hill
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View Northwest from Rincon Hill

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest towards 2nd St from rooftop near Folsom to earthquake and fire damage and some rebuilding. Aronson Building, St. Francis Hotel, Call Building, Mutual Savings Bank Building, Rialto Building, Chronicle Annex, Palace Hotel, Crocker Building. Fairmont Hotel, tower of Grace church in distance right. [Looking West From Rincon Hill 4-18-06 (Sic)]

Rincon Hill
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugee Camp - Speedway Meadows- children

Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugee Camp with Army-supplied Sibley Tents, likely Camp no. 7, Sharon Meadow near Children's Playground.

Golden Gate Park
Richmond District
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Richmond District

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugees - Two women and a girl standing in front of outdoor street kitchen.

McAllister near Larkin
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McAllister near Larkin

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view southeast to Old City Hall ruins after earthquake. Ads on walls and temporary buildings. Miller Bros. Carriage & Wagonmakers in temporary building at 315 McAllister. Ads posted on buildings for Ghirardelli Chocolate.

Civic Center
Hamilton Square
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Hamilton Square

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugee Camp - looking North

Lower Pacific Heights
1906 Earthquake
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1906 Earthquake

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake damage, debris collapsed in street, building burning in distance. [14. Copyright Pillsbury Picture Co. 1906 Sacramento St.]

Golden Gate near Hyde
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Golden Gate near Hyde

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Rescuing victims after the Earthquake, collapsed building, fire approaching. View southeast across Golden Gate.[Rescuing Earthquake Victims]

Tenderloin
9th & Brannan
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9th & Brannan

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view south, Collapsed Street, cable car line damage

South of Market
Market  & O'Farrell
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Market & O'Farrell

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake and Fire Damage looking east from Market and O'Farrell; Mutual Savings Bank Building at left, Palace Hotel, Monadnock Building, Hearst Examiner Building, Call Building, Call Building Annex, Kamm Building. Eiler's Music Co., Bancroft History Building at right. Many people walking on street. Cropped duplicate of wnp14.0438.jpg. [Call Bld Chas. Bailey L.A. #68]

Downtown / Union Square
South Van Ness near 17th
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South Van Ness near 17th

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to earthquake damaged drunken houses along South Van Ness (then Howard) between 17th and 18th. [Howard St. bet 17th & 18th St., 27]

Mission
O'Farrell near Leavenworth
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O'Farrell near Leavenworth

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south through arch of Corinthian columns of ruined apartment building to wrecked City Hall and Dome. Hall of Records at left. The building was under construction at the time of the earthquake and fire. Construction had gotten only as far as partial completion of the walls for the first floor and completed later as the Cornelia Apartments, 641 O'Farrell, extant 2018. [City Hall from O'Farrell St. 28]

Tenderloin
Mission between 1st & 2nd
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Mission between 1st & 2nd

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View East down Mission toward First Street (California Electrical Works at 547 Mission Street) Refugees fleeing fire with belongings

South of Market
2nd and Jessie
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2nd and Jessie

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest across intersection to large number of rescuers at the Wilcox House, collapsed rooming house on southwest corner of 2nd & Jessie. North side of Crossley Building in background center.

Financial District
Kearny & Post
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Kearny & Post

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on Kearny to people walking among the ruins. From left, Palace Hotel, Monadnock Building, Chronicle Building and Annex, Call Building, Mutual Savings Bank Building.

Downtown / Union Square