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    • [Nob Hill looking South toward City Hall]

    • [Nob Hill looking South toward City Hall]

    • Buildings--Earthquake effects--California--San Francisco; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century; San Francisco...

    • This is a view of a building and housetops with a smoky sky above. On top of the roofs are broken chimneys and bricks. In the center of the photograph there is an upper portion to a building that has fallen off, revealing a room. On both sides are...
    • [Nob Hill Looking Southeast Toward the Call Building]

    • [Nob Hill Looking Southeast Toward the Call Building]

    • Buildings--Earthquake effects--California--San Francisco; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; Rubble--California--San Francisco; San Francisco...

    • A city scene of damaged buildings, poles, and brick rubble covering the ground. The building on the right with a domed roof is identified as the Call Building. There are many telephone poles and wires scattered around the ground. In the center...
    • [Nob Hill Looking Toward City Hall]

    • [Nob Hill Looking Toward City Hall]

    • Buildings--Earthquake effects--California--San Francisco; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; Rubble--California--San Francisco; San Francisco...

    • There is a lot of rubble and bricks covering the ground, with remains of buildings in the background. The foreground contains a chimneystack, blackened columns of bricks and broken poles spread throughout the block. On the right there are many...
    • [Nob Hill looking toward the Union Square area]

    • [Nob Hill looking toward the Union Square area]

    • Buildings--Earthquake effects--California--San Francisco; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; Rubble--California--San Francisco; San Francisco...

    • Looking down to a city scene of damaged buildings. The building of tall scaffolding on the right is identified as the Whittell Building. On the right is a damaged pole surrounded by a broken wall. There is a fire hydrant on the corner of the...
    • [Northeast of Fairmont Hotel]

    • [Northeast of Fairmont Hotel]

    • Buildings--California--San Francisco; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; Fairmont Hotel (San Francisco, Calif.); James Flood Mansion (San Francisco, Calif.);...

    • Large area filled with rubble and debris; building skeletons are in the background. On the right in the background there is a large building identified as the Fairmont Hotel (950 Mason Street) and to its left is the Flood Mansion. In the foreground...
    • [Produce Area and Armed Guard]

    • [Produce Area and Armed Guard]

    • Buildings--Earthquake effects--California--San Francisco; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; Rubble--California--San Francisco; San Francisco...

    • Overturned wagons, rubble and bricks cover the alley of a street. There is a man with a rifle over his shoulder. Crates and boxes line the building to the left. In the center there is a telephone pole, and a dead horse is lying on the ground...
    • [Produce area, "Dead Horses"]

    • [Produce area, "Dead Horses"]

    • Buildings--California--San Francisco; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; Horses--Photographs; Rubble--California--San Francisco; San Francisco...

    • Produce area with at least four dead horses lying in a street that has overturned wagons and brick-rubble filling the streets. People in the back are blurred from movement. On both sides of the street are large buildings.
    • [Residents with Bundled Possessions on Van Ness Ave.]

    • [Residents with Bundled Possessions on Van Ness Ave.]

    • Buildings--California--San Francisco; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works; Men--Portraits; San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century; San Francisco Earthquake,...

    • A street corner where there are many groups of people who are traveling with trunks, bundles and furniture. In the foreground is a woman sitting on a chest, wearing a large coat and a flowery hat. Many wagons, filled with belongings, are going down...
    • [Ruins of The Majestic Theatre At Market Street and 9th Street]

    • [Ruins of The Majestic Theatre At Market Street and 9th Street]

    • Buildings--Earthquake effects--California--San Francisco; City halls--California--San Francisco; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; Rubble--California--San...

    • Ruins of the Majestic Theatre surrounded by bricks and rubble. The roof and top portions of the walls have caved in. Behind the building is the domed roof of City Hall.
    • [Saint Francis Church off of Vallejo Street, Grant Ave., and Montgomery Street]

    • [Saint Francis Church off of Vallejo Street, Grant Ave., and Montgomery Street]

    • Buildings--Earthquake effects--California--San Francisco; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; Rubble--California--San Francisco; Saint Francis of Assisi Church (San...

    • This is the front of a large, empty church with debris on the ground in front of it. There are three plaques on the front of the building; the plaque in the center reads "To Almighty God, under the invocation of Saint Francis of Assisium." Note:...
    • [Street scene with flames, the Same Street as Photograph #10]

    • [Street scene with flames, the Same Street as Photograph #10]

    • Buildings--Earthquake effects--California--San Francisco; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; Fires--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; San Francisco...

    • A residential street with blurred people on the sidewalk to the left. There are large homes on the left and right sides of the photograph. In the center of the photograph are telephone poles with a candle hanging on one. The background is filled...
    • [Street Scene, the Same Street as Photograph #7]

    • [Street Scene, the Same Street as Photograph #7]

    • Buildings--California--San Francisco; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; Fires--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; San Francisco...

    • A street on a hill with smoke in the sky. People are standing or sitting on the sidewalks of the streets with suitcases and bags. There are large homes lining the side of the streets. At the bottom of the street are trolleys. There are a few...
    • [Street Scene, the Same Street as Photograph #8]

    • [Street Scene, the Same Street as Photograph #8]

    • Buildings--California--San Francisco; Electric railroads--Rails--California--San Francisco; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; San Francisco...

    • A downhill street in what appears to be a residential area. There are people standing and sitting on the sidewalks, some with trunks, bundles and furniture. A few horse-drawn carriages and some trolley cars are on the street. The trolley tracks run...
    • [Street Scene]

    • [Street Scene]

    • Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century; San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906; Streets--California--San Francisco; San...

    • A view from the bottom of the street looking up the street with people on the sidewalks filled with luggage, apparently walking up toward the top of the hill. On both sides of the street there are large homes and telephone poles lining the streets.
    • [Unidentified Area]

    • [Unidentified Area]

    • Buildings--Earthquake effects--California--San Francisco; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; Horses--Photographs; Rubble--California--San Francisco; San Francisco...

    • The ground is completely covered with bricks, wood, and other building materials. The remains of buildings stand in the background. On the left side of the building there are horses standing on top of the rubble. In the center there are poles...
    • [Unidentified Area]

    • [Unidentified Area]

    • Buildings--Earthquake effects--California--San Francisco; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; Rubble--California--San Francisco; San Francisco...

    • A large area filled with rubble; a few building skeletons are in the background. The building on the left has a triangle-shaped roof in the center. On the right side there is a large slim building with the top portion damaged.
    • [Unidentified Area]

    • [Unidentified Area]

    • Buildings--Earthquake effects--California--San Francisco; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; Rubble--California--San Francisco; San Francisco...

    • A cobblestone street filled with bricks and debris; remains of buildings can be seen in the background. There is a hole in the ground with a brick wall on the right and pipes and wires hang over it.
    • [Unidentified Building, San Francisco Earthquake, ]

    • [Unidentified Building, San Francisco Earthquake, ]

    • Buildings--Earthquake effects--California--San Francisco; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; Rubble--California--San Francisco; San Francisco...

    • This is a view of a crumbled building with rubble in front of it.
    • [Union Street and Steiner Street]

    • [Union Street and Steiner Street]

    • Buildings--California--San Francisco; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century; San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906;...

    • This is a view of a downhill street that is destroyed by buckling. Trolley tracks are seen, and piles of bricks are on the right. The left side of the street appears to be undamaged, but the right side is all crumbled. There are large homes and...
    • [View around Sutter Street and Grant Ave.]

    • [View around Sutter Street and Grant Ave.]

    • Buildings--Earthquake effects--California--San Francisco; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Pictorial works; Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--History--20th century; Rubble--California--San Francisco; San Francisco...

    • People walking down a brick-covered street, which is located down the center of the photograph. On each side of the street are damaged buildings. In the background on the left side of the street is the tower to the Temple Emanu-El. Towards the left...

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