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Contains 108 Results:

[Looking down Battery or Front Street towards California Street], 1906 April

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Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 51
Scope and Contents Looking down a street, both sides are filled with debris and a few people. Remains of buildings still stand on both sides. In the center foreground is the Merchant's Exchange building on California and Montgomery Streets. In the left foreground there are many people standing in front of a shack. In the center left there is a building with a large chimney in the center. On the right side of the street there is a hill lined with a fence and damaged buildings. Telephones poles line the street,...
Dates: 1906 April

[Mills Building (220 Montgomery Street) on Stockton Street looking towards Pine Street], 1906 April

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Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 52
Scope and Contents

This is a city view of damaged buildings and debris on the ground. On the left there is a large building identified as the Mills Building. The picture is taken standing on Stockton Street and the intersection is on Pine Street. Note: portions of Montgomery Street were changed to Columbus Ave. in 1909.

Dates: 1906 April

[Ruins of the Majestic Theatre at Market Street and 9th Street], 1906 April

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Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 53
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1906 April

[Chinatown], 1906 April

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Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 54
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1906 April

[Northeast of Fairmont Hotel], 1906 April

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Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 55
Scope and Contents

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 there are wires, pipes, and bricks surrounding a brick wall.

Dates: 1906 April

[Unidentified area], 1906 April

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Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 56
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1906 April

[Call Building in background], 1906 April

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Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 57
Scope and Contents

The foreground is filled deep with bricks and building debris; the background has remaining buildings. On the right there is a domed-roof building, identified as the Call Building, surrounded by other buildings. In the background on the left side there are many large, damaged buildings still standing.

Dates: 1906 April

[Chinatown and Telegraph Hill taken above California Street and Stockton Street], 1906 April

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Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 58
Scope and Contents

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 of people scattered around the street. In the background there is a hill with a few buildings standing on the top. A few ships can be seen in the harbor to the right of the photograph.

Dates: 1906 April

[Edge of the harbor], 1906 April

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Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 59
Scope and Contents

Dark billows of smoke are coming from the center of the background and various buildings to the left. Boats on the water can be seen at the top right. In the foreground there are burnt trees, a standing chimney, and debris.

Dates: 1906 April

[Unidentified area], 1906 April

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Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 60
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1906 April