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Reports on the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of April 1906


List of Illustrations 

San Francisco and Vicinity, the Story of the Great Disaster, April 18th to 21st, 1906,
Told By Pen and Pencil.
 


Panorama - After the Fire.
Panorama - Business District before the Fire.
Panorama - Business District after the Fire.
Map of San Francisco (showing burned area).
Comparative area of burned districts of Baltimore, Chicago and San Francisco.
Signature of Earthquakes of April 1892, April 1898, & April 1906.
Observatory, Strawberry Hill, Golden Gate Park.
Nob Hill from Sutter Street and Grant Avenue before the Fire.
Nob Hill, North from St.
Mary’s Cathedral, after the Fire.
Fire about the United States Mint, Fifth Street.
The Mint.
Y. M. C. A. Building, Mason and Ellis Streets, after the fire.
The Burned District as Seen from Rincon Hill.
Chinese Joss House before the Fire.
Looking from Third and Mission Streets.
St. Boniface Church, Golden Gate Avenue, near Jones Street.
Turk and Market Streets after the Fire.
Valencia Street Four-Story Hotel.
Cottages on Golden Gate Avenue, above Hyde Street.
Looking down California Street after the Fire.
Relief Station in Golden Gate Park.
The New Post Office.
Looking North on Sansome Street, from Bush Street, after the Fire.
Jefferson Square Camp of Refugees.
Lincoln School, 5th Street.
Market Street during the Labor Parade, September, 1905.
Market Street from Eleventh Street after the Fire.
City Hall before the Fire and Earthquake.
City Hall, damaged by Earthquake.
Hall of Justice before the Fire.
Hall of Justice, damaged by Fire.
Market Street, during Knight Templars Parade, 1904.
Business District burning, from the Fairmont Hotel.
The Palace Hotel before the Fire.
Palace Hotel San Francisco, after the Fire.
Bread Line on Folsom Street.
Clay Street and Van Ness Avenue, where the Fire was Checked.
Capp Street, near 17th.
Looking down Larkin Street during the Fire.
Looking down Sutter Street after the Fire.
Ruins of the Grand Opera House.
Mission Street opposite Post Office.
Russian Hill, showing houses saved from Fire.
Break in the Street near Water Front.
Mission District burning, seen from Ashbury Heights.
The Kohl Building, California and Montgomery Streets.
The Emporium after the Fire.
Central Bank, 14th and Broadway, Oakland.
The Mission District from Market Street, near Dolores Street.
Jewish Synagogue, Sutter Street between Powell and Stockton.
The James Flood Building after the Fire.
The block between 17th and 18th.
Looking North on Howard Street.
California Theatre, Bush Street, near Kearny.
Union Square, Hotel St.
Francis and Dewey Monument after the Fire.
Looking down Fell Street.
Grace Church on California and Stockton Streets.
The Burning of the Emporium.
United States Custom House.
The Call Building.
Museum, Golden Gate Park.
Looking North on Kearny Street from Post, after the Fire.
Montgomery Street, looking North from California Street.
Montgomery Street Looking South from California Street.
Residences of Messrs.
Flood, Huntington and Crocker before the Fire.
The ruins of the Crocker and Flood Palatial Residences.
The Music Stand, Golden Gate Park.
The Burning City from the Bay, morning of April 18, 1906.
The Break in the Street on Van Ness Avenue near Vallejo Street.
The Burning of the Call Building as seen from Kearny Street.
St. Dominic’s Cathedral, Bush and Steiner Streets.
Home of Claus Spreckels, where fire was checked.
St. Ignatius Church, Hayes Street and Van Ness Avenue.
Ruins of Chinatown District.
Mary-Help Hospital, Guerrero Street near Market.
Mass on the Steps of St. Mary’s Cathedral.
Mission Dolores.
Looking West on McAllister Street, from Market Street.
City Hall, taken before the Fire.
Between 17th and 18th Streets, on Howard Street.
Scottish Rite, Masonic Hall, with Jewish Synagogue.
The Call Building.
Camp of Burned Out Householders, Jefferson Square.
Cottage Built from Roof Tin.
Camp Life of Refugees.
The Sentinel of Nob Hill, New Fairmount Hotel.
Stanford Library, Stanford University.
Memorial Chapel, Stanford University.
Memorial Chapel, Stanford University.
Memorial Arch, Stanford University.
First Baptist Church, Oakland.
Asylum for the Insane at Agnews.
Wrecked Asylum at Agnews.
Sonoma County Courthouse, before the Earthquake.
Sonoma County Courthouse, after the Earthquake.
Wells Fargo Bank Building, Santa Rosa.
Hotel Vendome Annex, San Jose.
St. Patrick’s Church, San Jose.


The San Francisco Conflagration of April, 1906.
Special Report To The National Board Of Fire Underwriters.


Plan No. 1 - Area of the Conflagration.
Plan No. 2 - Progress of the Fire.
Plan No. 3 - Water Supply After the earthquake.
City Hall.
Valencia Hotel.
Street bulge near Post Office.
Slip at Union and Steiner Streets.
Pilarcitos Conduit.
Crystal Springs Conduit break.
Pilarcitos Conduit break.
Pilarcitos Conduit.
Water Distribution System.
Valencia and 18th Streets.
From Fell and Filmore Streets, looking east.
Hayes and Laguna Street.
Hyde Street.
Larkin Street.
Looking south on Third Street from Market.
Looking north on Front Street from Main Street.
O'Farrell Street, looking west from Stockton Street.
From Broadway and Taylor Streets, looking southeast.
East Street, south of Market.
From Howard and Second Streets, west.
From New Montgomery and Mission, south.
From Mission and Third Streets, west.
From Clay and Sansome, east.
From New Montgomery and Mission, west.
From Mission and Second Streets, southwest.
From Sacramento and Powell Streets, east.
From St. Francis Hotel, northeast.
From Sacramento and Montgomery Streets, southeast.
Exchange Building, burning.
South on Kearney to Market.
From Second and Market Street, east.
Market Street, between 3rd and 4th.
Market Street, between 5th and 6th.
Market Street, between 4th and 5th.
From Grant Avenue and Post Street, northeast.
From California and Mason Streets, east.
From Powell and Pine Streets, south.
Panorama. From Market Street, near 3rd, south.
Palace Hotel catching fire.
From Market and Mason Streets, northeast.
Night View from the Bay.
Dynamiting north of Market Street.
Market and Valencia Streets, looking southeast.
Holiday Heights, looking northeast.
Lafayette Square, looking northeast.
Alta Plaza, looking east.
Check at northwest boundary.
Burning of Russian Hill, northeast side.
Burning of Telegraph Hill, north side.
North Beach Fire, from Fort Mason.
East on Green Street, from Hyde.
North Beach Fire from Russian Hill.
Panorama from St. Francis Hotel, including Union Square.
New and Old Chronicle Buildings.
Union Trust Co. Building.
Crocker Building.
Hobart Building.
James Flood Building.
Mutual Life Ins. Co. Building.
Mills Building.
Aetna Building.
Aronson Building.
Interior details.
Aetna Building.
Atlas Building.
Interior details, Aronson Building.
Interior details, Mills Building.
Bullock & Jones Building.
Bullock & Jones Building, taken 1905.
Casa Calwa Building.
California Casket Co. Building.
Grant Building.
Fairmount Hotel.
Exterior detail, Fairmount.
Hayward (Kohl) Building.
Harron, Rickard & McKone and others buildings.
Harron, Rickard & McKone and others buildings, interior detail.
Hotel Alexander.
Hotel Hamilton.
Merchants Exchange Court.
Merchants Exchange Exterior.
Monadnock Building.
Mutual Savings Building.
Pacific States Tel. & Tel. Co., Bush Street.
Pacific States Tel. & Tel. Co., Bush Street, interior details.
Pacific States Tel. & Tel. Co., Mission Street.
Pacific States Tel. & Tel. Co., Hyde Street.
Post Office.
Rialto Building.
Rialto Building, north corner.
Shreve Building.
Spreckels (Call) Building.
St. Francis Hotel and frame of annex.
St. Francis Hotel, looking up court.
Wells-Fargo Building.
Mission Street, unfinished frame.
Ruef Building, frame.
Bekins Van & Storage Co. Building.
Academy of Sciences Interior.
Academy of Sciences Exterior.
Appraisers’ Stores (Custom House).
Sloane Building.
Sloane Building, interior details.
Hibernia Bank Building.
U. S. Mint.
Commercial Block.
California Electrical Works.
California Electrical Works.
California Electrical Works, Plan.
Folger warehouse.
Palace Hotel.
Palace Hotel, interior detail.
Central Theatre.
Collapsed Steel Frame.
Hale Building.
Column protection in wood joisted building.
Column protection in wood joisted building.
Emporium Building.
Unprotected steel frame Class B building.
Cowell Building.
Column protection in mill floor building.
Pacific States Tel. & Tel. Co.
Column failure in fireproof building.
Mondanock Building.
Aronson Building.
Column failure in fireproof building.
Bullock & Jones Building.
Column failure in fireproof building.
Calvert Building.


The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Of April 18, 1906,
and Their Effects on Structures and Structural Materials Reports.


Map of San Francisco, showing burned district.
Map of San Francisco and vicinity, showing relation of burned district to entire city.
Earthquake Effects Along the Fault Trace.
Redwood Tree on Line of Fault South of Fort Ross.
The Fault Trace near Point Reyes Station.
Secondary Cracks, Bolinas.
Results of Earth Flow, Ninth Street, San Francisco.
Earthquake Effects on Made Ground.
Shifted Bottom of Tomales Bay.
Earthquake Ridges on Tidal Flat, Tomales Bay.
Slipping of Alluvial Soil Toward Salinas River.
Damage to Pilarcitos 30-Inch Pipe Line by Earthquake.
Collapsed Pilarcitos 30-Inch Wrought-Iron Pipe Line.
House on Line of Fault.
Racking and Spalling of Concrete Pier.
Concrete Dam, at Crystal Springs Lake, San Mateo.
Brick Building, Spreckels’ Sugar Mill.
New Hall of Justice, San Jose.
Agnew Insane Asylum, Near San Jose.
High School Building, San Jose.
Museum, Leland Stanford Junior University.
Court-House and Hall of Records, Santa Rosa.
Domes of Library and Gymnasium, Leland Stanford Junior University.
Steel Framework, Leland Stanford Junior University.
Memorial Arch, Leland Stanford Junior University.
Thiele Building, Palo Alto.
Memorial Church, Leland Stanford Junior University.
Geological Department, Leland Stanford Junior University.
Arches, Leland Stanford Junior University.
Earthquake Effects on Cement-Block Walls.
Francis Scott Key Monument, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
Structure at Mills College, Near Oakland.
Synagogue, Geary And Fillmore Streets, San Francisco.
Synagogue Emanuel, San Francisco.
X Cracks In Brickwork, San Francisco.
Cyclorama, Strawberry Hill, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
Adjacent Buildings of Dissimilar Type and Construction.
Reinforced Concrete of Poor Quality.
Academy of Sciences Building, San Francisco.
Aetna Building, San Francisco.
Aetna Building, San Francisco.
Annex of Academy of Sciences Building, San Francisco.
Bullock & Jones Building, San Francisco.
City Hall, San Francisco.
Bekins Van And Storage Company’s Warehouse, San Francisco.
Aronson Building, San Francisco.
Appraisers’ Warehouse, San Francisco.
Crocker Estate Building, San Francisco.
California Casket Company’s Building, San Francisco.
Aetna Building, San Francisco.
Dewey Monument, San Francisco.
Chronicle Building and Annex, San Francisco.
City Hall, San Francisco.
The Emporium, San Francisco.
Butler Building, San Francisco.
Fairmount Hotel, San Francisco.
James Flood Building, San Francisco.
Hall of Justice, San Francisco.
Hobart Building, San Francisco.
Hotel Hamilton, San Francisco.
Hibernia Savings and Loan Society’s Building, San Francisco.
Jackson Brewing Company’s Building, San Francisco.
United States Mint, San Francisco.
Majestic Theater, San Francisco.
Hall of Justice, San Francisco.
Merchants’ Exchange Building, San Francisco.
Mills Building, San Francisco.
Main Exchange of Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company, San Francisco.
Murphy Building, San Francisco.
Mutual Life Building, San Francisco.
Steel-Frame Building under Construction.
Effect of Slip, Mission Street, San Francisco.
Pavilion of Post-Office, San Francisco.
Post-Office Building, San Francisco.
Failure of Hollow Terra-Cotta Tile Fireproofing.
Tower of Union Ferry Building, San Francisco.
Rialto Building, San Francisco.
Sloane Building, San Francisco.
Wells-Fargo Building, San Francisco.
Spring Valley Water Company’s Building, San Francisco.
Union Trust Company’s Building San Francisco.
Cowell Building, San Francisco.
Endurance of Brick Vault.
Absolute Failure of So-Called Fireproof Safes.
Brick Stack of Star Section, Valencia Street Power Station, San Francisco.
Frame Buildings Situated on Alluvial Soil, Howard Street, San Francisco.
Destruction by Fire, San Francisco.


The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire - A Brief History of the Disaster...

The Palace Hotel.
Sloane Building.
Pacific States Tel. & Tel. Co.'s South Office.
United States Mint.
Grant Building.
United States Post Office.
Hibernia Savings & Loan Society Building.
Majestic Theatre.
Hall Of Justice.
Fairmont Hotel.
Linda Vista Apartment House.
Jackson Brewery.
Claus Spreckels Residence.
Spalled Gray Sandstone.
W. P. Fuller Building.
Hobart Building.
Union Trust Building.
Mutual Life Building.
James Flood Building.
Crocker Building.
Chronicle Building And Annex.
Young (Or Seller) Building.
Mutual Savings Bank.
Kamm Building.
Aronson Building.
Rialto Building.
Atlas Building.
Bullock And Jones Building.
Murphy Building.
Pacific States Tel. & Tel. Co.’s Main Office.
Pacific States Tel. & Tel. Co.’s East Office.
Shreve Building.
Hotel Hamilton.
Hotel Alexander.
Merchants’ Exchange Building.
Mercantile Trust Co.’s Building.
Wells-Fargo Building.
Hotel St. Francis.
California Casket Co.’s Building.
United States Post Office.
Majestic Theatre.
Ruef Building.
Turkish Baths.
City Hall.
Claus Spreckels (Or Call) Building.

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