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A View Representing Financial Losses Untold - San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Disaster of April 18, 1906. 1906

Spectators Gaze with Awe on the Wreck of their Beautiful City-San Francisco, After Earthquake and Fire of April 18, 1906. 1906

Y.M.C.A. Building a Total Wreck - San Francisco Disaster of April 18, 1906. 1906

Tried in the Crucible of Fire and Earthquake-Call Building, San Francisco, After the Disaster of April 18, 1906. 1906

Memorial Arch and Memorial Church of the Leland Stanford Jr. University, Palo Alto, Cal., After Earthquake Shock of April 18, 1906. 1906

A Beautiful City's Great Blight-Scene from Stockton and Sutter Streets, San Francisco, After Earthquake and Fire of April 18, 1906. 1906

Market Street Ravaged and Laid Waste Without Mercy--Earthquake and Fire Disaster, San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906

From Under the Heavy Hand of Fate-City Hall, San Francisco After Earthquake and Fire Disaster of April 18, 1906. 1906

After the fire, 1906 (the Fairmount Hotel in the distance), Chinatown, San Francisco. 1906 Apr.

Charred corpse of a victim of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. 1906 Apr.

Charred corpse of a victim of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. 1906 Apr.

On the ruins (April 1906), Chinatown, San Francisco. 1906 Apr.

On the ruins (April 1906), Chinatown, San Francisco. 1906 Apr.

Bernhardt, Sarah, in carriage in San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906. 1906 Apr.

Bernhardt, Sarah, in carriage in San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906. 1906 Apr.

Bernhardt, Sarah, in carriage in San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906. 1906 Apr.

Bernhardt, Sarah, in carriage in San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906. 1906 Apr.

Steps that lead to nowhere (after the fire). 1906 Apr.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906 Apr. 18.

The Burning of San Francisco, April 18, view from St. Francis Hotel. 1906 April 18.

The Burning of San Francisco, April 18, view from the Merchant's Exchange Bld.. 1906 April 18.

The burning of San Francisco, April 18, [19]06, view from St. Francis Hotel. 1906 April 18.

Ruins of San Francisco, Nob Hill in foreground, from Lawrence Captive Airship, 1500 feet elevation, May 29, 1906. 1906 May 29.

San Francisco in ruins, May 5th, 1906. 1906 May 5.

Exterior view of the Hotel Vendome Annex after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

Hotel Vendome Annex after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

Post office after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

Exterior view of the First Presbyterian Church after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

View of a high school after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

Saint Patricks Church after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April,1906. 1906-04

View of an unidentified building damaged by the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

View of West Santa Clara Street, near Market Street after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

Exterior view of the Unique Theatre after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April,1906. 1906-04

Exterior view of the New Hall of Justice after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

Victory Theatre after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

View of an unidentified building damaged by the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

Exterior view of the Home Union Building and large department store after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

Exterior view of Elks Hall after the 1906 earthquake in San Jose, April, 1906. 1906-04

Call Building on fire in San Francisco after the earthquake, April 18,1906. 1906-04-18

Men serving coffee to refugees of the San Francisco earthquake and fire, April 18, 1906. 1906-04-18

Great fire consuming the Palace and Grand Hotels after the earthquake, San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1906-04-18

View of the destruction caused by the fire that followed the San Francisco earthquake, April 18, 1906. 1906-04-18

Aerial view of the fire that followed San Francisco's earthquake, April 18, 1906. 1906-04-18

View of the fire that followed the San Francisco earthquake on April 18, 1906. 1906-04-18

Fire in San Francisco following the earthquake, showing Market Street, April 18, 1906. 1906-04-18

View of the fire that followed San Francisco's earthquake, April 18, 1906. 1906-04-18

View taken from Chinatown of the fire that followed the San Francisco earthquake, April 18, 1906. 1906-04-18

Refugees from the fire that followed San Francisco's earthquake, April 18, 1906. 1906-04-18

Call Building at Third Street and Market Street in flames, a result of the earthquake, San Francisco, April 18-20, 1906. 1906-04-18/1906-04-20

Refugees gathered in front of the Dewey Monument in San Francisco's Union Square after the earthquake, April 18. 1906. 1906-05-18

Exterior view of the ruins of the Memorial Church at Stanford University after the 1906 earthquake, ca.1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing Market Street from Montgomery, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing a refugee camp made of scrap iron, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing the wholesale district from Donohue's Fountain at Market and Battery Streets, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing ruins of buildings on Market Street from the Flood Building, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing the ruins of Post Street, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing scavengers searching for melted jewelry in the ashes of the mansions on Nob Hill, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing refugees at the foot of the McKinley Monument, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing a sewer-pipe blown up, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing a view of Market Street, 1906. 1906-1906

Panorama of San Francisco in the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake and fire, shown from the Crocker residence, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco's Montgomery Street from California Street showing damage from the earthquake and fire, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, looking toward the Bay and Goat Island, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing the remains of the Powell and Jackson Power House, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing ruins of buildings on Kearney Street from California Street, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing people in front of building ruins, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing the business district from Nob Hill, 1906. 1906-1906

Refugee camp in an open area after the earthquake, San Francisco, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing Van Ness Avenue, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing ruins along Ellis Street, 1906. 1906-1906

Refugee camp in Jefferson Square after the earthquake, San Francisco, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing Sansome Street, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing people placing dynamite among the ruins, 1906. 1906-1906

View through the Arch of the Memorial Church at Stanford University following the 1906 earthquake, 1906. 1906-1906

Panoramic view of San Francisco in the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake and fire, shown from Nob Hill, 1906. 1906-1906

View of earthquake damage on an unidentified San Francisco street, 1906. 1906-1906

Panorama of San Francisco from Nob Hill in the aftermath of the fire and earthquake, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing ruins along a street, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing the ruins on Market Street, 1906. 1906-1906

Ferry landing from Oakland after the earthquake, San Francisco, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing ruins of buildings on Mason Street from Eddy Street, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing ruins of buildings on Market Street from Powell Street, from The Emporium and New Flood Building, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing the ruins of an unidentified building, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing the ruins of California Street, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing people walking amidst the rubble, 1906. 1906-1906

San Francisco earthquake damage, showing Market Street north from Montgomery Street, 1906. 1906-1906