http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/a...rthquake3b.jpg

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/a...earthquake.jpg

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/a...1906-04-18.jpg

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/a...enue_-Look.jpg

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/a...e_Mwc00715.jpg
pwned geologist

All were from wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_Sa...sco_earthquake

^Oh my gosh. That's both funny and scary.

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/a...south-1936.jpg
http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=File:Soma1$bay-bridge-aerial-1935.jpg
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...0&tx=95&ty=101

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/a...erial-1935.jpg
http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=File:Soma1$bay-bridge-aerial-1935.jpg


http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/a...witty/1of7.jpg
http://www.ronhenggeler.com/History/exposition.html

:previous: That last photo makes me understand for the first time how Lone Mountain got its name. It never has seemed to me much of a mountain (it's pretty much the site of the University of San Francisco, a private Jesuit college, now) nor particularly "alone". But you can see what the folks who named it were seeing in the photo.

I love San Franciscos history so here are some more pictures and an amazing video from 1905 and then the 40s.

• Video Link

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http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/a...sfbwreggie.jpg
1980s

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/a...cisco1851a.jpg
1851 Portsmouth Square

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/a...nsf-large1.jpg
1898 Chinatown

All the photos were from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_history

Amazing shots, guys. Thanks for finding and posting them!

FYI: that statue photo was taken down at Stanford. While more rare, there are photos from all over the area showing the effects of that quake. I recall one of a fence up my way that shifted several feet that day. Of course the SF pix are most dramatic, but the damage was visible for miles around.

Here's a cool shot from Flickr user kuzmacom:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/...7b65274f_b.jpg
Source: Flickr.

Time to revive this thread.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6170/...85b12b83_b.jpg
Source: Flickr user sirgious

With a hat tip to Curbed SF, who featured this shot today.

Another that was featured on CurbedSF today:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6105/...e801daa9_b.jpg

Title: Metropolitan, by Flickr user Esther Reyes.

And another from Esther, called Approach:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6056/...a02c14f2_b.jpg

The most beautiful city in the United States; possibly in the world.

Time travel to the 1950s:

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2521/3...9c237784_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14696209@N02/3817356547/

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5059/5...fe5d83f1_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9385421@N08/5581613342/

Wow, Market Street almost looks more alive back then than it does today with all those signs and lights.

I like the shot of a two-way Geary. Except for the cars (ok, and a little bit of neon), it doesn't look all that different today.

Cool aerial of the Sunset:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6...22d1fc64_b.jpg
Title: N Judah
By: Flickr user Chris Saulit

Chris has a bunch of amazing aerials at his link above.

Nice day for a low-level flight:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7190/6...7955ea29_b.jpg
State of the City, 2012, by Flickr user Telstar Logistics

Missing One Rincon Hill but a great shot none-the-less.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7201/6...46172419_b.jpg
Upmarket, by Flickr user Telestar Logistics

I have never particularly liked the 'modern' Powell St. cable car turnaround configuration, which is probably why I'm always intrigued by its older configuration.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/60184884@N03/5497268134/

I couldn't directly link the photo above.

Nevertheless, another photo of the former turnaround:

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/63/199...433_z.jpg?zz=1

http://www.flickr.com/photos/olivand...91876/sizes/z/
http://www.munidiaries.com/muni-time...ar-turnaround/

From last night's epic thunderstorms:
http://sfist.com/attachments/SFist_B...hhitbridge.jpg
sfist.com

The pictures of the 1906 Fire and Earthquake reminded me, Monday is the 106th anniversary of the earthquake.

Wow! During the six years I lived in the City, I don't think I heard thunder or saw lightning more than four or five times. When I lived on Russian Hill, I had a great view of the north bay and used to see thunderstorms over Napa, but almost never in the City itself.