San Francisco, April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California
Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Ruined but not disheartened, his safe, his business souvenir, San Fran...
Stereo shows two men standing near a toppled safe amid a rubble of bricks after the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. H77361 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7840. Copyright May 14, 1906 by E.W. Kelley. Exhibited: D... More
Looking up Post St. from Kearney St., San Francisco, Cal
"3157" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019233. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Arnold Genthe - Ruins after San Francisco earthquake, 1906 / Genthe.
Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress. Public domain photograph - San Francisco earthquake and fire, ruins, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ruins of Stanford Mansion and Hopkins Art Institute, San Francisco, Ca...
Group of men and women on sidewalk in front of ruins. H77406 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Detroit Publishing Co. No. 019239.
Tower of City Hall, [1906 earthquake, San Francisco, Calif.]
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Ruins of City Hall, 1906 earthquake, San Francisco, Calif.
Title partially devised by cataloger. "3152 B" on negative. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Ruins of City Hall, from the corners of Van Ness Ave. and Market Sts.,...
Street view showing earthquake damage, San Francisco, California. H76493 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by James Tod Cornwall. No. 6.
Life in San Francisco after the great disaster--cooking in the streets...
Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Panorama from roof of Ferry P.O., San Francisco, Cal
"3149" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019203. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Palace Hotel, new Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas Fault in California's Sier...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The geological fault runs roughly 810 miles through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. Cre... More
Mission San Jose de Guadalupe, Mission & Washington Boulevards, Fremon...
See also HALS CA-75 for additional documentation. Significance: Restored remains of Fourteenth Mission founded by Franciscan Fathers in Alta, California. Site consecrated June 11, 1797. Church and most of the... More
Mission San Juan Bautista, Monastery, Second Street, San Juan Bautista...
See also HALS CA-84 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-38-4-B Building/structure dates: HABS CA-38-4-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000038
Ruins of San Francisco after earthquake and fire, April 18 - 21, 1906,...
Copyright deposit; Lester C. Guernsey; 1906. Landmarks labeled on image. Exhibited in: American treasures of the Library of Congress, 2004.
Mauna Loa Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI
Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More
San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Panorama view near Turk & Market St.
H78299 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 28, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:42933. No. 234.
Panorama view near Turk & Market St.
H78299 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 28, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:42933. No. 234.
San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...
Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More
San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...
Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More
San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...
Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More
San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...
Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More
San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...
Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More
Chain of Craters Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI
Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More
[Panoramic view of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and f...
No. 15. Copyright by Casey & Clancy, San Francisco, Cal. Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Panorama from St. Francis Hotel, Panoramic Photograph
H78297 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 28, 1906. No. 237.
City Hall, Civic Center, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
Significance: One of the most elegant civic buildings in the US. It was designed by Arthur Brown, Jr., and his executive partner, John Bukewell, Jr., after a competition held in 1912. The building was effective... More
Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...
Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More
Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...
Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More
Lassen Volcanic National Park, Loomis Seismograph Station, Mineral, Te...
Survey number: HABS CA-2114-K Building/structure dates: ca. 1916 Initial Construction
Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Haleakala National Park road system provides access to the summit and crater of the dormant volcano, Haleakala, showcasing striking views and native Hawaiian... More
Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Haleakala National Park road system provides access to the summit and crater of the dormant volcano, Haleakala, showcasing striking views and native Hawaiian... More
Faro de Punta Borinquen, Punta Borinquen, Borinquen, Ponce Municipio, ...
Significance: The original lighthouse was built in 1889 in position 18* 29' 26" N - 67* 9' 43" W, very close to the sea in a low sandy point. In 1918 Puerto Rico experienced an earthquake which had its epicente... More
San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...
also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More
San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...
also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More
San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...
also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More
San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...
also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More
Mission San Juan Bautista, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San...
Suggested address, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, is not verifiable in documentation. See also HALS CA-84 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-38-4 Building/structure dates: ca. 1797- ... More
Mission San Juan Bautista, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San...
Suggested address, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, is not verifiable in documentation. See also HALS CA-84 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-38-4 Building/structure dates: ca. 1797- ... More
Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...
Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More
Ruins of the Church of Saint Domingo, Arequipa
Photograph shows people standing on the rubble in interior of the Church of Saint Domingo. Photographs by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima, Peru. In album: Recuerdos del Peru, vol. 1.
Cooking in the street, San Francisco, Cal.
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Camping in Jefferson Square, San Francisco, California
Photograph shows view from street of tent city in Jefferson Square, San Francisco, California, after earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906; horse-drawn cart with salvaged goods in the foreground. H76563 U.S. Co... More
Hall of Justice, Portsmouth Square, San Francisco, Cal.
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas fault in California's Sier...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The geological fault runs roughly 810 miles through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. Cre... More
Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas fault in California's Sier...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a dry desert landscape, sand, sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mission San Juan Bautista, Monastery, Second Street, San Juan Bautista...
See also HALS CA-84 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-38-4-B Building/structure dates: HABS CA-38-4-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000038
Ruins of San Francisco after earthquake and fire, April 18 - 21, 1906,...
Copyright deposit; Lester C. Guernsey; 1906. Landmarks labeled on image. Exhibited in: American treasures of the Library of Congress, 2004.
Ruins of San Francisco after earthquake and fire, April 18 - 21, 1906,...
Copyright deposit; Lester C. Guernsey; 1906. Landmarks labeled on image. Exhibited in: American treasures of the Library of Congress, 2004.
Mauna Loa Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI
Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More
Mauna Loa Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI
Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More
San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Panorama view near Turk & Market St.
H78299 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 28, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:42933. No. 234.
Hilina Pali Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI
Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More
San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...
Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More
San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...
Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More
San Francisco Fire Department, Pumping Station No. 2, Van Ness Avenue ...
Significance: A well preserved, representative example of an early 20th century Steam powered water pumping station. The site also retains historical significance because of its associations with the city's fi... More
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Roads, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI
See Thurston Lava Tube, HALS HI-6, for additional documentation. Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosyst... More
Searching for family relics in the ruins of the dear old home - San Fr...
Two women looking through rubble. 78344 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8235. No. U-91591. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress.
Peak House, 322 South Second Street, Manhattan, Riley County, KS
Significance: The Peak House was determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 because of the building's architectural characteristics reflecting distinctive type, period, and method ... More
Mission San Juan Bautista, Church, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Pl...
See also HALS CA-84 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-38-4-A Building/structure dates: 1803-1812 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1906 Subsequent Work Building/structure date... More
Panorama view of ruins of San Francisco from St. Francis Hotel
Picryl description: Public domain image of damaged, burned, or destroyed buildings, natural disaster, fire destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Copper River & Northwest Railroad, Million Dollar Bridge, Spanning Cop...
Significance: One of two "impossible bridges" across the Copper R., one of unprecedented size and strength, built across the faces of two glaciers and key to the success of the CR&NWRR, which was to be the All ... More
Crater Rim Drive, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI
Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More
Crater Rim Drive, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI
Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More
Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Haleakala National Park road system provides access to the summit and crater of the dormant volcano, Haleakala, showcasing striking views and native Hawaiian... More
Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Haleakala National Park road system provides access to the summit and crater of the dormant volcano, Haleakala, showcasing striking views and native Hawaiian... More
Haleakala National Park Roads, Pukalani, Maui County, HI
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Haleakala National Park road system provides access to the summit and crater of the dormant volcano, Haleakala, showcasing striking views and native Hawaiian... More
Faro de Punta Borinquen, Punta Borinquen, Borinquen, Ponce Municipio, ...
Significance: The original lighthouse was built in 1889 in position 18* 29' 26" N - 67* 9' 43" W, very close to the sea in a low sandy point. In 1918 Puerto Rico experienced an earthquake which had its epicente... More
San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...
also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More
San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...
also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More
San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...
also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More
San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...
also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More
San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...
also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More
Mission San Juan Bautista, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San...
Suggested address, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, is not verifiable in documentation. See also HALS CA-84 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-38-4 Building/structure dates: ca. 1797- ... More
Mission San Juan Bautista, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, San...
Suggested address, Second Street, San Juan Bautista Plaza, is not verifiable in documentation. See also HALS CA-84 for additional documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-38-4 Building/structure dates: ca. 1797- ... More
Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...
Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More
Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...
Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More
Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...
Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More
Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...
Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More
Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...
Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More
Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...
Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More
Arica, after the earthquake. No. 1
Photographs by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima, Peru. In album: Recuerdos del Peru, vol. 1.
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
[Two women amidst bricks and rubble after San Francisco earthquake and...
H78343 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Market St., east from 5th, San Francisco, Cal.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Up Market St. from Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal.
Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
[Palace Hotel on fire, San Francisco, California, during earthquake an...
Copyright by Pillsbure [i.e. Pillsbury] Picture Co. No. 10. Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.
Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Scenes in San Francisco, [no. 2] /
Panoramas filmed in the ruins of downtown San Francisco and outlying refugee camps following the 1906 earthquake and fire. A scene-by-scene description of the film: [Frame: 0102] Begins with a long, pan of down... More
Ruins of San Francisco, 500 feet elevation above Hyde and Green Sts.
Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; June 1906.
Bernhardt, Sarah, in carriage in San Francisco after the earthquake an...
A black and white photo of a man and woman in a horse drawn carriage. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Mint after the earthquake, San Francisco, Cal.
Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Ferry Building, San Francisco, Cal.
Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
The "Call" Building from Grant Ave., San Francisco, Cal
"3165" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019229. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
[Albanian man in long-haired cape looking in dismay at ruins of his ho...
Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).
Lotta's Fountain in San Francisco, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Mauna Loa Road, Volcano, Hawaii County, HI
Significance: The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park road system provides access to active volcanoes and related landscapes along with varied ecosystems and archaeological sites. It represents the traditional NPS ... More
Photograph of San Francisco in ruins from Lawrence Captive Airship, 20...
Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; 1906. Exhibit loan 4105-L. Exhibited in: Documenting disaster: photographs of the 1906 San Francisco earthquakes and fire, San Fra... More