Composite Then & Now Photos of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
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12/22/2013
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People & Lifestyle
Since 2010, San Francisco photographer Shawn Clover has been working on a striking series of then and now composite photos of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
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Passing cable cars offer a view of the destruction of California Street. Old St. Marys Cathedral has escaped destruction. -
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People stroll by the original adobe Mission Dolores which survived, while the brick church next door was destroyed. -
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Cars park in front of the brand new US Courthouse which faired well in the quake. -
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Pedestrians walk past Mechanics Monument at Bush Street and Battery Street while ghostly shells of buildings stand precariously in the background. -
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People walk beneath Old Saint Mary's Cathedral, which survived the quake but was gutted by the fire. -
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Two girls stand before the partially destroyed Sharon Building in Golden Gate Park while students work on their art projects inside. -
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People cross Market Street in front of the destroyed Hearst Building. -
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Cable car #455 rests halfway in the partially destroyed cable car barn. -
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Horse carriages and cars park in front of Lafayette Park while a destroyed city looms in the background. -
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Some business people and a young kid face the camera while fire consumes a building on the corner of Franklin St and Hayes St. -
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Shoppers cross Drumm St on Market St while men busily work at the monumental task of rebuilding a destroyed city. -
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A bicyclist rides towards the fallen Valencia St. Hotel and a huge sinkhole that has opened up in the street. -
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A women opens the door to her Mercedes on Sacramento Street while horses killed by falling rubble lie in the street. -
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The Painted Ladies have escaped fire raging down the street. Mothers rest on the low wall in Alamo Square while their children play on the grass. -
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The Conservatory of Flowers stands undamaged as now-homeless citizens camp in a tent shelter. -
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A cable car heads towards the California St incline while shocked residents walk aimlessly through street amidst the devastation. -
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Pedestrians cross Jones St towards a pile of rubble on Market Street. The Hibernia Bank building is burned out, but still standing strong. -
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Men pose in a tent city to house displaced residents while an armored car turns left. Ferry Building repairs have begun. -
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People walk through rubble on Geary St. -
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Cars travel down S. Van Ness, which has buckled after the quake. -
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People mill around Lotta's Fountain, which served as a meeting place after the quake. -
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People walk up California St amid charred scraps of lumber . -
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Residents take to the grass at Lafayette Park to get a view of the massive fires engulfing the city while a Muni bus stops below.
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