100th Anniversary 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Conference

Photo Resources

The following images of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake are available to media organizations at no charge for use in coverage surrounding the earthquake centennial and the 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference, thanks to our in-kind sponsor, The California Historical Society.

Any use of any of these images must carry the following credit: Photo courtesy California Historical Society.

To enlarge and/or to download a high-resolution version of any of these photos for media use, click on the desired image. To save, right click on the larger image and choose "Save Picture As".

These pictures are featured in: San Francisco's 1906 Earthquake, A Book of Postcards.
Click here to purchase this book.

The San Francisco Public Library has made several historical earthquake photos available to news outlets. http://sfpl.org/news/earthquakephotos/


Looking Down Sacramento Street - April 18th, 1906	Golden Gate Avenue and Larkin Street	Hibernia Bank

View from Russion Hill	Downtown Ruins	City Hall

Union Square	Majestic Theater 1281 Market Street	The Oyster Loaf and Chat Noir, 1617 Oak St.

Native Sons Monument Market St. at Turk and Mason	Portsmouth Square and Hall of Justice	Jones St. California to Sacramento

Van Ness Avenue, Bush to Pine Streets	Car Tracks on Vallejo Street	Union Street damage

Palace Hotel entrance on New Montgomery Street	Union Iron Works, Pier 70	The Market Street Bank


San Francisco Examiner Building 3rd and Market Street	Refugee Camp below Fort Mason	Sutter Street between Mason and Taylor

Market Street Burning as seen from Market Street	Police depot in Portsmouth Square	Crack in the street

Jackson Brewery, Folsom at 11th Street, May 19th, 1906	Spreckels Banstand, Golden Gate Park	Life in the street

Fairmont Hotel from Jones Street	Capp Street at 17th Street	Refugees dining on Franklin Street near Fulton


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