Archival Photos Of The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
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SAN FRANCISCO - MARCH 25: (Bottom Photo) A view of the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals building looking down Mission Street from Seventh Street April 7, 2006 in San Francisco. The Court of Appeals building was formely the main post office. April 18 will mark the 100th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (Top Photo) View of a damaged section of Mission Street near Seventh in fornt of the main post office after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and subsequent fires, San Francisco, California, 1906. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake: Then And Now
SAN FRANCISCO - MARCH 25: (Bottom Photo) A view of the San Francisco Ferry Building and Marketplace as seen from the Embarcadero Center between Clay and Sacramento Streets March 28, 2006 in San Francisco. The Ferry Building thrives today as marketplace featuring fine foods and a weekly farmer's market in addition to Ferry service from Marin and Alameda counties. April 18 will mark the 100th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (Top Photo) View of the Union Ferry Building and clocktower seen through destruction and rubble from Drumm Street between Clay and Sacramento after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and subsequent fires, San Francisco, California, 1906. The Union Ferry Building opened in 1898 and was the central destination for anyone arriving by train from the East, as well as residents from Oakland and Marin who worked in the city and arrived by ferry. The steel framed structure designed by A. Page Brown survived both the 1906 and 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. (Photo by Pictorial Parade/Getty Images)
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake: Then And Now
SAN FRANCISCO - MARCH 23: (Bottom Photo) A view looking down California Street at Powell from the Fairmont Hotel March 23, 2006 in San Francisco. The Ritz Carlton hotel stands at the former site of Grace Church. April 18 will mark the 100th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (Top Photo) View of the destruction and rubble looking east down California Street from Powell after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and subsequent fires, May 19, 1906 in San Francisco, California. At right the Grace Church was destroyed during the quake and relocated to California Street and Taylor after the affluent Crocker Family donated their destroyed Nob Hill property for a diocesan cathedral. Construction began on the current Grace Cathedral in 1928 and was completed in 1964 as the third largest Episcopal cathedral in the nation. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake: Then And Now
SAN FRANCISCO - MARCH 23: (Bottom Photo) A vintage rail car passes by on Market Street at Mason Street March 23, 2006 in San Francisco. April 18 will mark the 100th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (Top Photo) Survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake walk along Market Street at Mason Street past debris and crumbling facades of buildings caused by citywide fires, San Francisco, California, 1906. To the far left in the distance is the destroyed Fairmont Hotel. (Photo by Pictorial Parade/Getty Images)
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake: Then And Now
SAN FRANCISCO - MARCH 25: (Left Photo) A man photographs the ruins of a building block in front of the remains of City Hall near Market and Seventh Streets after the Great Earthquake in San Francisco, California. The city hall which took 27 years to build at an estimated cost of $6 million, crumbled in less than 30 seconds during the quake. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (Right Photo) A view of the new San Francisco City Hall from Market Street near Seventh Street March 25, 2006 in San Francisco. The current city hall was designed by Arthur Brown of the firm Bakewell and was completed in December of 1915 a built a block away from where its predecessor stood. Brown's design references the dome of the Church of Les Invalides in Paris. During the 1989 quake, the dome twisted on its steel frame, moving two inches and the walls and concrete floor slabs suffer cracks. The building undewent a full restoration and reopened in 1999. April 18 will mark the 100th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake: Then And Now
SAN FRANCISCO - MARCH 25: (Bottom Photo) A view of Valencia Street from 19th Street looking towards 18th Street March 25, 2006 in San Francisco. An auto repair shop (red brick building) is seen at the site of the former Valencia Street Hotel. April 18 will mark the 100th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (Top Photo) A view of Valencia Street from 19th Street looking towards 18th Street in San Francisco, 1906. At left is the Valencia Street Hotel, once a four story building that collapsed, sinking the first three floors and trapping over 200 people, many of which drowned by flooding when 2 water mains broke on Valencia Street. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake: Then And Now
SAN FRANCISCO - MARCH 25: (Right Photo) A view of the Central Tower Building from O'Farrell Street looking towards 3rd Street March 25, 2006 in San Francisco. The Central Tower Building is located at the site of the former Call Building and was remodled and renamed in 1938. April 18 will mark the 100th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (Left Photo) View of the destruction and rubble along Market Street at Third Street after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and subsequent fires, San Francisco, California, 1906. The Call building is seen at right and suffered extreme destruction from the disaster. Just to the left of the Call Building is the Hearst Building. (Photo by Frederic Lewis/Getty Images)
San Francisco Ruins
19th May 1906: The ruins of San Francisco after an earthquake and subsequent fire. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Public Warning
circa 1906: An official street warning notice in San Francisco after the earthquake. L'Illustration. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Earthquake Damage
19th May 1906: The destruction caused to the main shopping area in San Francisco by the earthquake. In the background is Telegraph Hill. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Golden Gate Avenue Ruins
View along Golden Gate Avenue at Larkin Street of the destruction after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake as out of control fires raged through the city streets, smoke heavy in the air, San Francisco, California, April 20, 1906. To the left is the crumbling facade of the Civic Center and tower of City Hall. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Red Cross Relief
A group of child and adult survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and citywide fires stand outside the entrance of the Red Cross relief center at 23rd Street and Vermont Street, San Francisco, California, 1906. A child stands next to a window and holds up an American flag. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the destruction of the disaster and relief efforts were in critical need. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Earthquake Scenes
19th May 1906: Scenes of destruction caused by the San Francisco earthquake published in L'Illustration. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Frisco Quake
19th May 1906: Damage caused at South Market Street, at the corner of Main Street, in San Francisco, by the earthquake. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Female Refugee Prepares Meal
A female refugee from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and citywide fires kneels on the ground and prepares a meal over a makeshift stove as two young children sit by at the United States Army run Golden Gate Park relief camp, San Francisco, California, 1906. In the background soldiers and other refugees stand by tents. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the destruction of the disaster and relief efforts were in critical need. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Upbeat Refugee Shelter, 1906
Half of a stereoscopic image of a group of female and male refugees from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and citywide fires who sit in front of their tent in a refugee camp, San Francisco, California, 1906. The group has humerously referred to their temporary shelter as the 'house of mirth' and have decorated the space with signs advertising furnished rooms and usage of an elevator. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Frisco Quake
19th May 1906: Scenes of destruction following the San Francisco earthquake. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Open-Air Canteen
1906: A woman helps to prepare food at an open-air canteen, set up following the San Francisco Earthquake. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Refugee Camp Barber
Half of a stereoscopic image of a barber who gives a customer a shave at a refugee camp following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and citywide fires, San Francisco, California, 1906. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Horse Drawn Bus
Half of a stereoscopic image of a man driving a roofless horse-drawn bus underneath cablecar wires on the streets of San Francisco as passengers stand in the back in the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and citywide fires, San Francisco, California, 1906. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
San Francisco
19th May 1906: The ruins of San Francisco after the terrible earthquake and fire. A view east down California Street, with St Mary's Church on the left and Grace Church on the right. The Ferry Building is visible in the top left. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Earthquake Fire
circa 1906: San Francisco on fire in the aftermath of the earthquake. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Earthquake
16th April 1906: The ruins of the City Hall in San Francisco after the earthquake. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
San Francisco
circa 1906: Valencia Street in San Francisco in the aftermath of the earthquake. L'Illustration. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
San Francisco
circa 1906: The City of San Francisco lies in ruins after an earthquake. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Earthquake
Crumbling buildings line a street and smoke rises in the background after the San Francisco earthquake. (Photo by Arnold Genthe/Getty Images)
Quake Damage
The road outside the main post office in San Francisco, which has been ripped up by the force of an earthquake. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Ruins Of City
May 1906: The ruins of San Francisco after the earthquake of 1906 which destroyed much of the city. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
'Frisco Ruins
The ruins of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire that began on April 18th 1906. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)