Forest History Society Photograph Collection Images from the Davenport, Peters Auxiliary Photo Collection / DP2th.jpg

Image ID:  DP2 Image Date:   [ca. June 1906] Image Title:   VAN NESS AVE., NEAR EDDY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Image Caption:   Caption 1: 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. Caption 2: [San Francisco street scene after April 1906 earthquake and fire showing office buildings and church with rubble and debris in foreground. Crowd of horses and people visible in right background. Signs on office buildings read "Offices to Let, Bowes, Breuner Co.," "Bullock & Jones Company Will Occupy This Property," "Mack the Post Card King," and "N.S.G.W. Headquarters."] [This image is from an album prepared in June of 1906 by the Redwood Car Shippers Bureau, containing 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. The album was donated to the Forest History Society by the Davenport, Peters Company.] Photographer:   [unknown] Use Restrictions:   Permission from the Forest History Society required for any use of this image. Repository Contact Information:   Forest History Society, Inc.; 701 William Vickers Ave., Durham, NC 27701; Tel.: (919) 682-9319; Fax: (919) 682-2349.