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“Redwood in the San Francisco Fire” Photo Album
Tweet Share“Redwood in the San Francisco Fire” is a small photograph album in the collections of the Forest History Society, prepared in June of 1906 by the Redwood Car Shippers Bureau and donated to the Society by the Davenport, Peters Company. The album contains 10 photographs depicting damage caused by the San Francisco earthquake and fires of April 1906, promoting the effectiveness of redwood as a fire-retardant construction material.
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EAST STREET, NEAR MARKET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
No. 1: All the structures opposite and west of these buildings shown in this picture, for a distance of more than two miles, were destroyed by the fire of April 18th, 1906, which was stopped opposite these Redwood houses on East street, which is 150 feet wide.
VAN NESS AVE., NEAR EDDY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
No. 2: All the structures opposite and east of the buildings, shown in this picture, for a distance of more than two miles, were destroyed by the fire of April 18th, 1906, which was stopped opposite these Redwood houses on Van Ness Ave., which is 125 feet wide.- GOLDEN GATE AVE., NEAR VAN NESS, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
No. 3: All the structures opposite and south of the buildings shown in this picture, for many blocks, were destroyed by the fire of April 18th, 1906, which was stopped opposite these Redwood houses on Golden Gate Ave., which is 68 ft. 9 in. wide. - VIEW ON TOWNSEND STREET, NEAR FIFTH, LOOKING EASTERLY.
No. 4: At the great fire of San Francisco all buildings were destroyed for a distance of more than two and a half miles north and in front of these Redwood freight sheds of the Southern Pacific Company, while these sheds remain intact. Townsend street is 82 feet 6 in. wide. - VIEW ON TOWNSEND STREET, NEAR SIXTH, LOOKING EASTERLY.
No. 5: At the great fire of San Francisco all buildings were destroyed for a distance of more than two and a half miles north and in front of these Redwood freight sheds, the latter remaining intact. Townsend street is 82 ft. 6 in. wide. - DOLORES STREET, NEAR SIXTEENTH, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
No. 6: All the structures opposite and east of the buildings shown in this picture, for many blocks, were destroyed by the fire of April 18th, 1906, which was stopped opposite these Redwood fronts on Dolores street, which is 100 feet wide. The last building on the left, with white front and with a cross at the peak of the rook is the Old Mission Church and is more than 130 years old. - REDWOOD HOUSES ON MISSION STREET, NEAR TWENTIETH, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
No. 7: All buildings on Mission street, north and east of these houses, to San Francisco Bay, a distance of more than two miles and a half, were destroyed by the great fire that was finally stopped at these Redwood fronts. The standing telephone poles are also Redwood. Mission street is 82 feet 6 in. wide. - TWENTIETH STREET, BETWEEN MISSION AND LEXINGTON, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
No. 8: All structures opposite and north of the buildings shown in this picture, for many blocks, were destroyed by the fire of April 18th, 1906, which was stopped opposite these Redwood houses on 20th street, which is only 64 feet wide. - GOLDEN GATE AVENUE, NEAR VAN NESS, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
No. 9: The new, temporary structure of Wells Fargo & Co. Express, which was erected since the fire of April 18th, 1906, and which is located in the burned district on south [sic] side of Golden Gate Ave., is all of Redwood exterior finish. - SOUTH OF CHANNEL, BETWEEN SIXTH AND SEVENTH STS., SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
No. 10: Twenty-three Redwood warehouses, with frontage of 700 feet, erected since the fire by some of the largest jobbing houses on the Pacific Coast.
