1906 Earthquake

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City Hall
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City Hall

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east from about Fulton and Polk, City Hall ruins

Civic Center
Market & Powell Sts.
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Market & Powell Sts.

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Market St, looking east after earthquake and fire. Call Building in center, Emporium on right, Flood Building at left.

Downtown
Earthquake Fire Ruins
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Earthquake Fire Ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Pacific Warehouses signs at left

Northern Waterfront
Grant near Sacramento
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Grant near Sacramento

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to 1906 Earthquake and Fire ruins, [Western Photographic Co. 74] 1906 Earthquake ruins near Sacramento & Grant. Chinatown ruins; Hall of Justice in background. Duplicate image wnp15.1300

Chinatown
Earthquake Fire Ruins
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Earthquake Fire Ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking East, Chronicle, Mutual Savings and Call Buildings in background

Tenderloin
Pine near Mason
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Pine near Mason

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast from Nob Hill

Downtown
Earthquake Fire Ruins
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Earthquake Fire Ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest from Market and Powell, Lincoln School and Old Mint visible. Intact California Casket Company building (965 Mission, Albert Pissis Architect, extant 2020) behind mint to the right. Streetcars on 5th Street.

Downtown
near 10th & Harrison
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near 10th & Harrison

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast towards City Hall and Nob Hill with Fairmont Hotel beyond

South of Market
View SE From Telegraph Hill
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View SE From Telegraph Hill

1906 Earthquake and Fire ruins, View southeast from Telegraph Hill, probably Green near Montgomery, toward Ferry Building with post-earthquake scaffolding. Same image as wnp26.817.

Telegraph Hill
Ruins from Nob Hill
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Ruins from Nob Hill

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View Northwest from Clay and Jones. Showing fire line along Van Ness Avenue and Fort Mason, Marin Headlands, Fort Point, Mt. Tamalpais. San Francisco Gas Works. Refugee tents or shacks in center right distance.

Nob Hill
Geary near Fillmore
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Geary near Fillmore

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Albert Pike Memorial Temple - later the site of the People"s Temple

Western Addition
South Van Ness near 17th
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South Van Ness near 17th

1906 Earthquake and Fire -Drunken Houses, South Van Ness (then Howard) between 17th & 18th

Mission
South Van Ness near 17th
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South Van Ness near 17th

1906 Earthquake and Fire - View northeast to Drunken Houses, South Van Ness (then Howard) between 17th & 18th

Mission
5th & Mission
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5th & Mission

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view northwest of Old U.S. Mint from rubble-strewn lot following 1906 Earthquake & Fire. People and tents and makeshift shelters.[U.S. Mint Charles Bailey L.A. 80]

South of Market
Sutter near Mason
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Sutter near Mason

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north to couple walking down Sutter St. among earthquake ruins. Flood Mansion and Fairmont Hotel in background.

Downtown
View from Nob Hill
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View from Nob Hill

View east from Nob Hill above Powell Street between Sacramento and Clay to Ferry Building over Chinatown. Earthquake and fire ruins exist, but much reconstruction has occurred. In left center distance, Appraisers Building, Montgomery Block, U.S. Customs House under construction. Bank of Italy Building at Montgomery and Clay. Donaldina Cameron House at Sacramento and Joice street at right. At far right, Kohl Building, Alaska Commercial Building (1907, Meyers and Ward, Architects). Posters on fence on Powell for the last week of David Warfield's engagement at the Alcazar Theatre and the Emporium's grand reopening on Market Street. Warfield's run concluded on October 10th and the Emporium, then California's largest store, reopened on October 1, 1908. (AS)

Nob Hill
3rd near Clement
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3rd near Clement

1906 Earthquake and Fire, 200 block of 3rd Avenue looking north after 1906 Earthquake and Fire. Residents cooked in streets until gas mains were checked for breaks.

Richmond Inner
Kearny near Fresno
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Kearny near Fresno

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking south toward earthquake ruins downtown.

Downtown
Lower Market
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Lower Market

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east towards Ferry Building. Tower repair scaffolding only partially installed.

Downtown
Market Street on fire
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Market Street on fire

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east from center of Market Street near Fremont to Ferry Building. Union Block (Board of Trade Building) on Pine / Davis / Market gore corner, at left.

Financial District