1906 Earthquake

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Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ration line (breadline) at earthquake refugee camp. People with basins. Sign says 'Daily Rations Here-After Only Bread Vegetables Meat. Food issued from 9 am 12 & 2 to 3?(?)'. Same location as wnp37.01620, wnp27.4973 and wnp37.00124.

Golden Gate Park
South Van Ness near 21st
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South Van Ness near 21st

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Collapsed Home of Julius E. Peters, 2522 Howard (now South Van Ness), west side, near 21st Street. Neighboring house to left has Red Cross sign on pillar and still stands at 1060 South Van Ness. Stove in street. Front yard with palms.

Mission
Eddy & Leavenworth
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Eddy & Leavenworth

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to people walking, Eddy streetcar approaching, Flood Mansion and Fairmont Hotel at left, Call Building at right background.

Tenderloin
Spreckels Temple of Music.
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Spreckels Temple of Music.

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake damage to the music bandstand. People walking in Music Concourse. Cupid statuary groupings in front removed by 1915.

Golden Gate Park
Fort Mason
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Fort Mason

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake refugees, tents, piles of trunks, boxes, buckets, wagons. Army hospital at left.

Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Pine & Stockton
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Pine & Stockton

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast over earthquake ruins at Old St. Mary's Church, Hall of Justice, Appraisers Building.

Nob Hill
Pine & Stockton
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Pine & Stockton

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast over earthquake ruins at Hall of Justice, Old St. Mary's Church, Kohl Building.

Nob Hill
Mason & Eddy
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Mason & Eddy

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south on Mason towards Market Street, people watching fire South of Market. Admission Day Monument. (Native Sons)

Tenderloin
Santa Rosa
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Santa Rosa

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruins of a Carnegie public library, people posing amid ruins, rail tracks in front.

Outside SF
Market near Drumm
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Market near Drumm

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ferry Building with scaffolding after 1906 earthquake. Rubble still in streets and groups of people huddled. duplicate of wnp37.04328

Financial District
Mills Building
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Mills Building

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Mills Building at 220 Bush with earthquake ruins on all side. View towards the east from Nob Hill

Financial District
Turk & Van Ness
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Turk & Van Ness

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Elevated view southeast to ruins of City Hall, Hall of Records and earthquake rubble behind. Many people milling, buggy, wagon, streetcar tracks.

Civic Center
Appraiser's Building
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Appraiser's Building

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Sansome Street between Washington and Jackson. Rubble from earthquake around

North Beach
Clay near Powell
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Clay near Powell

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Oriental Public School building. Fairmont Hotel behind under reconstruction. Open rubble from earthquake.

Nob Hill
California & Kearny
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California & Kearny

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west up California at earthquake ruins, tourists. Grace Church, Old St. Mary's Church, Fairmont Hotel. Tent on corner with signage for Safes Opened, Rebuilt, Moved and Stored.

Financial District
Octavia near Golden Gate
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Octavia near Golden Gate

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north on Octavia between Golden Gate and McAllister showing the east side of the street. Earthquake refugees lined up for milk at the Millbrae Dairy Depot. Jefferson Square in the background right. The building in the center, 848 Octavia, was moved in the 1970s during redevelopment and now sits at 45-47 Beideman Street, between O'Farrell and Ellis.

Western Addition
Market & Laguna?
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Market & Laguna?

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Street car #1377, marked for Eddy & Market.

Baker Street
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Baker Street

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Burying Trunks on Baker Street]. 3 men burying trunks after 1906 earthquake.

Powell & Ellis
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Powell & Ellis

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to steam engine pulling ruins down. [Pulling Down Walls Powell Street, Flood Building in Background].

Tenderloin
Moscone Playground
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Moscone Playground

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugee tents in Lobos Square (today's Moscone Playground). Ruins of gas works and frame for gas storage tank (gasometer) in background. Barracks at Fort Mason in distance.

Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason