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1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast. 1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, Laguna Honda School. The new school was under construction at the time of the earthquake, the first Laguna Honda School is visible behind the new school. Piles of lumber in street, rubble surrounding building. [Laguna Honda School - 7th & J St. #67 Bushnell Foto Co.]
Sunset Inner
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, men milling around, opened safes on the street. [View from California and Front #9 Bushnell Foto Co.]
Financial District
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, view southeast toward Union Square, Call Building, Whittell Building, St. Francis Hotel north wing under construction at center, First Congregational Church. [Ruins from Sutter and Taylor #5 Bushnell Foto Co.] Same original image as wnp27.7352 with different cropping.
Lower Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, Palace Hotel from Market Street [Palace Hotel. #38 Bushnell Foto Co.]
South of Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view northeast to earthquake Ruins, Hibernia Bank and remains of Prager's Department Store (Murphy Building) in foreground, Flood Mansion, Fairmont Hotel, First Congregational Church and St. Francis Hotel in background.. [16894 Powel [Sic], Mason, Tailor [Sic], Stockton, Dupont, Kearney [Sic] and Montgomery Streets, Great Earthquake, San Francisco]
Tenderloin
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, view west on Market Street [General view of burned area (Market St. on left)from Ferry Tower
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View East, Old St. Mary's at left Grace Church at right [8709. Looking down California St.--Ferry Building in distance. Duplicate of wnp24.0089a.jpg
Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on Kearny Street from Telegraph Hill. Rubble, man walking with cane up the hill, damaged buildings in background, cable car tracks. Various buildings in background: Columbus Tower, Hall of Justice, de Young Building Annex, Call Building, Mills Building, Kohl Building, Merchant's Exchange Building. [(18) 8718 Overlooking Kearney St. - lower burned area from Telegraph Hill - San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A. Copyright 1906 by H. C. White Co.]
North Beach
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Damage, View southeast across Union to road subsidence and soldier with rifle posing. Chinn-Beretta Optical sign painted on fence. At left, St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church (1891). [8224 Union Street sunk by the great earth convulsion which destroyed the city] (travel notes on back)
Cow Hollow
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Damage, elevated view southwest over Chinatown to Nob Hill. Montgomery Block at left [13288. View from the rear of the Hall of Justice -- Fairmount Hotel in the distance. San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Disaster of April 18, 1906.] Notes on back.
North Beach
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Eddy to northeast corner, ruins of Poodle Dog Restaurant, Flood Building, Emporium. [13280.The James Flood Building and Poodle Dog Restaurant . Victims of the Common Fate--San Francisco Disaster of April 18, 1906] Notes on back.
Tenderloin
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to Earthquake and Fire, [20615. The Call Building in a Maelstrom of Flames. The Great San Francisco fire completing the devastation of the famous Spreckels' structure ] Mutual Savings Bank Building at left
South of Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on Grant toward Old St. Mary's. Soldier on guard duty. [20621. On the watch for looter (valuables lie buried here). Heart of Chinatown where frightful mortality resulted from quake.]
Chinatown
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake and fire, [Call building in a maelstrom of flame] View from near Union Square
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Refugees [20643 Pathetic scene in the ruined city -- Refugees' provisional quarters in streets in ruined city]
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north from the St. Francis Hotel, toward Sutter Street, Temple Emanu-El, Grace Church beyond. [16899 Looking toward Telegraph Hill from St. Francis Hotel]
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, view east toward Market, Chronicle Building in distance left, Mutual Savings Bank on right, Palace Hotel in distance center. [6843 Where modern day skyscrapers were tossed like a ship at sea, Newspaper Row, Great Earthquake, San Francisco]
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View East from about Capp Street toward Drunken Houses on South Van Ness (then Howard) boy with hat, man with hat. [16873. Peaceful homes rocked like a cradle by earthquake]
Mission
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to earthquake ruins, people buying souvenirs, milk shake stand. Butler Building, Whittell Building (under construction), Flood Building in background [16844. An afternoon on Market St., after the Great Earthquake]
South of Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, women [8235-Searching for family relics in ruins of dear old home]