Image ID:  DP3
Image Date:   [ca. June 1906]
Image Title:   GOLDEN GATE AVE., NEAR VAN NESS, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Image Caption:   Caption 1: 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.

Caption 2: [San Francisco street scene after April 1906 earthquake and fire showing office buildings with rubble and debris in foreground. Stacks of lumber, horse-drawn carriages and people visible on street. Signs on office buildings read "Travelers Outfitters Will Open Here June 10," "Golden Gate Builders Supply Association Room," "Alf. Groves, M.L. Ryan, Lawyers," "Building Trades Headquarters," and "Electricians 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.