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  • [Chinatown and Telegraph Hill taken above California Street and Stockton Street]
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    San Francisco, California;
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    Looking down on a city scene with destroyed buildings that still have some standing remains and much rubble and bricks in the streets. The building on the extreme right is identified as the Hall of Justice with its damaged steeple. There are groups...
  • Edith Irvine
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  • [Below Russian Hill toward North Beach Fire]
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    San Francisco, California;
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    In the background there are people with wagons and horses in an open field, buildings on a hill to the right, smoke in the air, and a large tent on the left. In the foreground there is a woman sitting on a chest, and to the right are a man sitting...
  • Edith Irvine
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  • Colfax, Schuyler
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    California National Historic Trail;
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    Journalist; helped found the Republican Party, 1854; member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1854-1869; Speaker of the House, 1863-1869; Vice President of the United States, 1869-1873.
  • Overland Trails - Diaries
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  • [Flood Mansion, California Street & Mason Street]
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    San Francisco, California;
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    This building is the million-dollar Flood residence on Nob Hill. This is a side view of the hollowed stone building; some people are on the sidewalk, observing. On the right side a man and two women are standing on top of the cement in front of the...
  • Edith Irvine
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  • [Flood Mansion, California Street and Mason Street]
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    San Francisco, California;
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    This building is the million-dollar Flood residence on Nob Hill. The roof and interior collapsed with only the outside walls remaining. It has intricate sculpting and a balcony in front. There is a sidewalk lined with an ornate metal fence beside...
  • Edith Irvine
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  • [Chinatown]
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    San Francisco, California;
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    There are bed frames and some columns of bricks standing on the left and right of the photograph amidst debris and rubble from crumbled homes. There is a large, destroyed building on the right.
  • Edith Irvine
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  • [Northeast of Fairmont Hotel]
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    San Francisco, California;
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    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...
  • Edith Irvine
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  • [Ferry Building, foot of Market Street (Embarcadero Street)]
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    San Francisco, California;
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    There is a building identified as the Ferry Building, with a clock tower with a steeple on it. Surrounding the building are roofs to many buildings. The edge of a waterwheel is visible on the right. Large poles are in front of the buildings.
  • Edith Irvine
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  • [Saint Francis Church off of Vallejo Street, Grant Ave., and Montgomery Street]
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    San Francisco, California;
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    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:...
  • Edith Irvine
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  • [View around Sutter Street and Grant Ave.]
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    San Francisco, California;
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    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...
  • Edith Irvine
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  • [Nob Hill looking South toward City Hall]
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    San Francisco, California;
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    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...
  • Edith Irvine
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  • [Nob Hill looking toward the Union Square area]
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    San Francisco, California;
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    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...
  • Edith Irvine
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  • [Nob Hill looking South toward City Hall]
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    San Francisco, California;
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    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...
  • Edith Irvine
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  • [Nob Hill Looking Toward City Hall]
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    San Francisco, California;
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    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...
  • Edith Irvine
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  • [Below Nob Hill; Call Building in the background]
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    San Francisco, California;
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    This is a view of housetops with an extremely smoky sky above. In the foreground to the left are bushes on top of the building. In the distance large shattered buildings are in view, and towards the right there is a domed-roof building identified...
  • Edith Irvine
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  • ["The burned Tree"]
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    This view shows San Francisco after the earthquake and fire from the vantage of Nob Hill looking southwest. In the distance and at the extreme right is the Hall of Records. A bare, scalded tree trunk and bush are in the foreground amongst bricks...
  • Edith Irvine
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  • [Nob Hill Looking Southeast Toward the Call Building]
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    San Francisco, California;
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    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...
  • Edith Irvine
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  • [Looking Toward Market Street at Palace Hotel from Geary Street]
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    San Francisco, California;
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    A brick-filled street with remains of buildings on both sides. The building on the right is the Mutual Bank. In the foreground is the Palace Hotel on the left and a portion of the Monadnock Building. Lotta's Fountain can be seen in front of the...
  • Edith Irvine
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  • [Looking Toward Market Street at Palace Hotel from Geary Street]
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    San Francisco, California;
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    A brick-filled street with remains of buildings on both sides. The building on the right is the Mutual Bank. In the foreground is the Palace Hotel on the left and a portion of the Monadnock Building. Lotta's Fountain can be seen in front of the...
  • Edith Irvine
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  • ["The Skeleton," Montgomery Street]
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    San Francisco, California;
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    This is a view from Montgomery Street looking towards Market. In the background to the right are the remains of the Palace Hotel. There is debris in the street and surrounding the buildings. A telephone pole still stands on the right. Note:...
  • Edith Irvine

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