Damage photographs from the 1906 Earthquake
These photographs of damage from the 1906 earthquake are a small sample of the photographs available from the UC Berkeley Earthquake Engineering Research Center's Earthquake Image Information System.
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Damage in San Francisco
Earthquake intensity variation within San Francisco as a result of the 1906 shock
Lower Market Street looking east from about Fremont Street
Call Building, looking down O'Farrell Street from Powell Street, in San Francisco.
Looking north from Larkin and Grove streets at City Hall
Crack in street, about 18th Street, looking east to Folsom Street in San Francisco.
Fairmont Hotel, looking southeast from Jones and Clay streets, in San Francisco.
Hotel St. Francis northwest corner of Powell and Geary streets
Howard Street near Seventeenth Street
Somewhere south of Market Street between Eighth Street and Twelfth Street
St. Francis Roman Catholic Church on Vallejo Street
San Francisco burning. Photograph by Genthe.
San Francisco burning. Photograph by Genthe.
Damage to the South
Damage to Stanford Quadrangle
Stanford Memorial Arch
Statue of Agassiz thrown from its niche above arches
Damage to the North
Fence offset by fault in Marin County, looking northwest. Photograph by G. K. Gilbert.
Lurching of ground toward Salinas River
Santa Rosa city Hall
Damaged buildings in Santa Rosa
