1906 earthquake

A collection of 38 posts

Richmond District

The Privileged

Albert Wilson grows up in and out of a Richmond District orphanage.

Richmond District

Home on the Dunes

An institution finds a home in the Richmond District just before the 1906 earthquake hits.

North Beach

Home for Inebriates

San Francisco's early institution of recovery in North Beach.

Bernal Heights

Precita Valley's Park

From garbage-pit-swamp to a Bernal oasis.

Paid-members only

Grab Bag

Grab Bag #69

The Liberty Bell on the road, a mystery watch, and goodbye to the unique Jane Cryan.

Gold Rush

A Room at Clark’s Point

Fremont's Family Hotel held a prominent place in San Francisco in 1849.

1906 earthquake

Earthquake Dog

The terrier who survived both a unique San Francisco tragedy and a sadly common American one.

Paid-members only

Grab Bag

Grab Bag #63

Cliff-dwellers of Polk Street, more San Francisco house-moving, and our time-machine goes tiki.

Grab Bag

Grab Bag #61

A gaseous San Francisco history grab bag of hats, instant photos, and one famous recipe.

Downtown

Still Lucky

In 1898, "Lucky" Baldwin lost a big bet with one of San Francisco's most notable fires.

Union Square

The White House

Remembering a store and a man that every San Franciscan once knew.

Paid-members only

Grab Bag

Grab Bag #56

Parades, grizzlies, and a new San Francisco time-machine destination.

Downtown

Lotta’s 150th

A birthday for San Francisco's most liked landmark.

Telegraph Hill

Telegraph Place

Having a crush on some long-gone San Francisco houses and wondering what happened to Good Children.

Paid-members only

Grab Bag

Grab Bag #54

The last house, the widest sidewalk, and the coldest winter San Francisco stories.

Octagon Houses

A Home for All

San Francisco's landmark octagon houses.

Grab Bag

Grab Bag #51

Three years of San Francisco Story means an over-long Grab Bag with German churches, Danish tug-of-war teams, bowling, and Woody wool-gathering.

Grab Bag

Grab Bag #49

After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, but before the fire, and one man trying to get home.

Western Addition

Moved by Faith

The 1850s San Francisco church that kept moving west.

Western Addition

Tales from the Hotel Jefferson

Beginnings and ends in San Francisco’s Western Addition.

Grab Bag

Grab Bag #45

Super-sized San Francisco history hash of huckster cowboys, old cars, old bars, ruined mansions, hitching posts, and Lotta's fountain.

Richmond District

Carzonia Apartments

Cable-car-house living in the Richmond District after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.

Mint Hill

Orphan Asylum

The stone castle which gave shelter to thousands of children and two street names to San Francisco.

Paid-members only

Grab Bag

Grab Bag #43

Emporium roof rides, the Human Jukebox, and Dianne Feinstein: a classic San Francisco Grab Bag, right?

Downtown

The Monkey Block

How San Francisco's Montgomery Block, built in 1853, survived every disaster, but lost to one man.