California St., looking toward the Ferry Depot, Banking District.

California St., looking toward the Ferry Depot, Banking District.

California St., looking toward the Ferry Depot, Banking District.

California St., looking toward the Ferry Depot, Banking District.

California St., looking toward the Ferry Depot, Banking District.

True grit. Barber painting sign on tent stretched on sidewalk of former place.

True grit. Barber painting sign on tent stretched on sidewalk of former place.

True grit. Barber painting sign on tent stretched on sidewalk of former place.

True grit. Barber painting sign on tent stretched on sidewalk of former place.

Looking northeast from corner Sutter and Jones Sts.

Looking northeast from corner Sutter and Jones Sts.

Looking northeast from corner Sutter and Jones Sts.

Looking northeast from corner Sutter and Jones Sts.

Market Street, from Ferry Depot. Chronicle and Call buildings in distance.

Market Street, from Ferry Depot. Chronicle and Call buildings in distance.

Market Street, from Ferry Depot. Chronicle and Call buildings in distance.

Market Street, from Ferry Depot. Chronicle and Call buildings in distance.

Refugee camp made of scraps corrugated sheet iron gathered from the ruins.

Refugee camp made of scraps of corrugated sheet iron gathered from the ruins.

Refugee camp made of scraps corrugated sheet iron gathered from the ruins.

Refugee camp made of scraps corrugated sheet iron gathered from the ruins.

Refugee camp made of scraps, corrugated sheet iron gathered from the ruins

Great cracks in street and settling sidewalks, Capp Street, San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A.

Terrible destruction of City Hall (cost $7,000,000), from Market St., San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A.

Looking down California St. Ferry building in distance, San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A.

A fire engine caught and crushed by a falling wall, Post St., San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A.

Post St., once a busy shopping district, now a scene of desolation, San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A.

General view of burned area, (Market St. on left) from Ferry Tower, San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A.

Effects of the Earthquake, Oct. 21, 1868, Market and First Sts.

Effects of the Earthquake, Oct. 21, 1868, Railroad House, Clay St.