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2004.001.1061Description
San Francisco, 1906. View of the city's destruction taken from the Kohl (?) building.
"1906 SF earthquake. Views from Kamm building (701 Market St). Destruction Around Union SquareThe tall steel skeleton just left of center is the Whittell Building - then known as the Union League Building - under construction at the time of the earthquake, later finished, and still standing on Geary Street. The intact building on the hill to the right is the Faimont Hotel. It was primarily damaged by the fire. The Butler Building at left, under construction at the time of the earthquake, has a most interesting history. Its walls peeled away during the earthquake and killed several people in buildings adjoining the structure on Stockton and on Geary Street. The Butler Building later became I. Magnin's, and its windows shattered during the 1989 earthquake. Several people on the street were injured by falling glass. The Butler Building is now part of Macy's. "Collection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection