San Francisco Earthquake

 Corner of Fifth and Market Streets, San Francisco

  

 Crowd searching through rubble. At O'Farrell and Market Streets?

  

 Earthquake damage to residences on Howard Street

  

 Fairmont Hotel, Nob Hill

  

 Golden Gate Park. Family living in tent

  

 Golden Gate Park. Relief line, with refugees and soldiers

  

 Group of men inspecting damage, Commercial St. Ferry Building in distance

  

 Hot Food Station - Union Square Camp

  

 Information Bureau. Refugee camp, Golden Gate Park

  

 Jefferson Square refugee camp

  

 Large refugee encampment. Crowd gathered for relief distribution, foreground. 

Market St. near Buchanan

  

Makeshift restaurant tent. Ruins of City Hall in distance

San Francisco Earthquake

More photos from 1906.

 Armed soldier or National Guardsman walking up Market Street while San Francisco burns

  

 Bread line

  

 Buyers of relics of fire

  

 City Hall in ruins

  

 Gough and Page Street, San Francisco, California. City Hall and Call Building identified

  

 Group of refugees pose with a damaged cannon. Makeshift shacks and tent in background

  

 Nob Hill looking south

  

 Panorama from Nob Hill, view to the northeast. Telegraph Hill at left, sloping southward 

into the Barbary Coast district; Chinatown, foreground

  

 Refugees with belongings

  

 San Francisco fire. Workers clearing ruined lot

  

 Soldiers and police officers patrol Sixth St. near burning building

  

Sunken Valencia St. Hotel after earthquake

San Francisco Earthquake

The great earthquake of April 18, 1906 that leveled San Francisco still ranks as one of the greatest disasters to strike an American city. Here are some photos taken in the aftermath of that event.

 Aftermath of San Francisco earthquake

  

 Burning of San Francisco. Mission District

  

 Clearing away the debris

  

 Fresh vegetables and fruits for special diet

  

 Main Building. Agnew State Hospital

  

People leaving the city

  

This is the famous photo by Arnold Genthe of the city burning

  

 San Francisco in ruins

  

 SF earthquake damage. Photo by John Molfino

  

 Dead horses in the earthquake's aftermath

 

 Soldiers in San Francisco ruins

  

Stockton Street from Union Square, looking toward Market Street

  

 Typical bread line in the early stages of relief distribution 

after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake

  

Bread line

 

 Van Ness Avenue at Vallejo Street

 

A refugee camp (possibly) in the vicinity of Haight Street and Central Avenue