Market near Pine
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking east to Ferry Bldg., Sightseers through rubble
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City Hall ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, The view along City Hall Avenue showing building and colonnade leading to Hall of Records following 1906 quake
Civic Center
Eddy, Powell & Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast across Market to ruins of Emporium (Parrott) Building, corner of Flood Building at left.
Downtown / Union Square
Pine near Taylor
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north to top of Nob Hill, Fairmont Hotel & Flood Mansion after quake.
Lower Nob Hill
Hamilton Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugee Camp. Geary near Steiner, looking southwest to Hamilton Grammar School, Girls High School and Calvary Cemetery
Lower Pacific Heights
Kearny near Geary
1906 Earthquake and Fire, gutted post fire, looking south from Kearny to Call Building, Flannery Building Mutual Savings Bank Building
Downtown / Union Square
Eddy Near Mason
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east down Eddy to ruins of Poodle Dog Restaurant, Flood Building, Emporium
Tenderloin
Near Powell & Market Sts.
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to earthquake and fire ruins of Flood Bldg.,hundreds of sightseers, Mutual Savings Bank Building, Emporium, Call Bldg. [Powell and Market St. #69, Pillsbury Picture Co. No.260]
Downtown / Union Square
California & Kearny
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Post earthquake. Looking East from center of California to ruins of San Francisco Savings Union (1894, William Curlett architect), German Savings and Loan Society, Parrott Building, or Parrott Block (1852, Architect Stephen Williams), Kohl Building. On right, Safe Deposit Building before demolition of upper stories, Merchant's Exchange, Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York Building in distance. Workers shoveling debris, people walking. [California St. Looking East #60 PP277]
Financial District
Golden Gate Park
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Strawberry Hill; Sweeny Observatory Ruins a gift to the park from Thomas U. Sweeney (Sweeney's name was misspelled on the observatory.) [Observatory Ruins G.G. Park No. 7495]
Golden Gate Park
Valencia near Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Power House for Market Street Castro and Haight St. Cable Car Line, City Hall ruins in background, on Valencia looking northeast to Market PP303 [Market St. Power House #105]
South of Market
South Van Ness near 17th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Drunken Houses on South Van Ness (then Howard) between 17th and 18th.
Mission
Mechanics Statue
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Douglas Tilden Statue PP257, 1906 ruins
Financial District
Temple Beth Israel
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south across Geary at Boswell (intersection no longer exists) to ruins of Beth Israel Synagogue on Geary. [Pillsbury Picture Co. No.256
Western Addition
City Hall Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, looking northeast from Market Street, St. Boniface in background PP276
Civic Center
City Hall Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to Old City Hall and Hall of Records after earthquake and fire. Ruins of St. Boniface Church in distance right. [City Hall]
Civic Center
City Hall Ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View looking north from near 8th & Market
Civic Center
Old City Hall in ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view northeast from Larkin and City Hall Avenue
Civic Center
O'Farrell near Jones
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to downtown earthquake ruins and workers clearing debris. In distance from left, Whittell and Butler Buildings under construction, Call Building, Flood Building. The two story brick and stone facade with double archways at left is the remains of the Eureka Benevolent Society building (1900) at 436 O'Farrell. The Society was established in 1850 by August Helbing to assist immigrant Jews in San Francisco. It was rebuilt to a similar design in 1910 and that building still stands, with a fortune telling business occupying the first floor in 2019. [Looking Down O'Farrell St. from Jones]
Tenderloin
Valencia &18th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view south on Valencia to site of Valencia Hotel disaster. Ruins of Youth Directory (19th and Linda, then Angelica) at far right. Temporary sewer lines on both sides of street. [Valencia St From 17th (Sic) Valencia Hotel Stood Where Men are Sitting]
Mission Dolores