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Market Street before the 1906 quake


Chinatown before 1906.


Twin Peaks before 1906.


Watching the fire from Twin Peaks.


The Ritz Old Poodle Dog Restaurant's destruction,
now the site of the
Mechanic's Institute Library


San Francisco City Hall's destruction.


Breadlines outside St. Mary's Church,
on the edge of China Town, after the quake.





Historic San Francisco - The 1906 Earthquake & Fire






By 1908 there were parades
celebrating the rebuilding of the city.
This sailor is sleeping it off after
the parade the day before, May 8, 1908