401 California Street at right & Sansome Street after San Francisco Ea...
Large groups of people are standing along a wooden rail fence, looking toward some business buildings. The center building is the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York. A few of the businesses housed inside are... More
979 Market Street after San Francisco Earthquake 1906
Aftermath of 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. A view of the front panel of a store that reads "Ale Bros. Inc." that is severely damaged, almost hollow. Rubble and bricks are covering the foreground, and there is ... More
Baby in Casket, ca 1898
Black and white photograph of a baby is lying in a casket that is surrounded with flowers. There is a portrait of a woman behind the casket on the wall beside a door.
Back of City Hall after 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Photograph of the after math of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. There is debris all over the ground on the side of City Hall. Large, collapsed columns are on the ground surrounded by many bricks and pieces o... More
Baldwin Hotel, Mokelumne Hill Down Town, California, 1900-01
Photograph by Edith Irvine of large two-story building with wrap-around porch called the "Baldwin Hotel." There are twelve men in the photograph surrounding the building. A man sitting in a chair on the porch i... More
Bob and Friend, ca 1896
Bob, Edith's brother, is standing on the right beside a chair and looking into the distance. His friend is sitting in the chair on the porch. Taken in Calavera County, California in 1896.
Bob and Friends, ca. 1900-1931
Three girls and a man, identified as Edith's brother, Bob, are sitting on rocks. Taken in Mokelumne Hill, California.
Brewery After San Francisco Earthquake 1906
Photograph by Edith Irvine. This shows the aftermath of the earthquake in San Francisco in 1906. Two men are standing among loose bricks and building debris that is in front of a building with portions of its w... More
Calaveras Big Trees Redwood Forest
Photograph by Edith Irvine. Shows the bottom portion of a very wide tree trunk; a sign hanging on it reads "Empire State." In Calaveras in the Redwood Forest. ca 1900
Calaveras Big Trees State Park, ca. 1900
Four large tree trunks in Calaveras Big Trees State Park. More trees, mostly evergreens, can be seen between the trunks. A woman is standing at the left of the trunk on the far right. Taken in ca. 1900.
Charles Crocker Home after San Francisco Earthquake 1906
Charles Crocker Home on California Street between Jones Street and Taylor Street. A foundation and parts of side panels of a formerly large home that belonged to the Crocker family; only the front entryway and ... More
Chinatown after San Francisco Earthquake 1906
There are bed frames and some columns of bricks standing on the left and right of the photograph amidst debris and rubble from crumbled homes. There is a large, destroyed building on the right.
City Hall after 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Central Tower of City Hall after the 1906 earthquake. View from the bottom looking up. On the bottom windows are broken, and the middle section of the building has crumbled.
City Hall after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Five men are standing outside City Hall with debris and bricks in the foreground. There are two light poles on the left side of the building by the men. On the right there are fallen columns.
Claus Spreckels Home on Van Ness Ave after 1906 San Francisco Earthqua...
This is the large home of Claus Spreckels that was damaged by the fire after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. There is a damaged column that has fallen on the right side of the building on the sidewalk, besid... More
El Capitan ca. 1900 - A black and white photo of a mountain
Black and white photograph of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. There is a body of water below, surrounded by evergreen trees. Looming above it is a ledge of rock; mountains are seen in the background.
Fire Engine in San Francisco 1906
A large steam engine with four wooden wheels with spokes resembling an early automobile is on a platform in front of a building. A man in an engineer suit is standing at the right; half of him is cut off.
Photograph of Grapes in 1896
There is a cluster of grapes, with leaves, hanging from a nail in the wall.
San Francisco in 1906 Below Russian Hill toward North Beach Fire
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. In the background there are people with wagons and horses in an open field, buildings on a hill to the right, smoke in the ai... More
The Burned Tree after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
This view shows San Francisco after the earthquake and fire from the vantage of Nob Hill looking southwest. In the distance and at the extreme right is the Hall of Records. A bare, scalded tree trunk and bush a... More
The Skeleton of Montgomery Street after San Francisco Earthquake 1906
This is a view from Montgomery Street looking towards Market. In the background to the right are the remains of the Palace Hotel. There is debris in the street and surrounding the buildings. A telephone pole st... More
Cat in Bowl
Edith Irvine - Cat in Bowl
Dead Horses photograph by Edith Irvine
Edith Irvine - Dead Horses
Electra Power House--D.C. Exciter
Edith Irvine - Electra Power House--D.C. Exciter
Cat in a Bowl Edith Irvine
A black and white photograph of a cat sitting in a large bowl on a ladder looking to the left.
Cat on Ladder Edith Irvine
Black and white photograph of cat on a ladder, grooming itself, and facing towards the back right.
El Capitan Yosemite Edith Irvine
Photograph of El Capitan in Yosemite. There is a body of water below, surrounded by evergreen trees. Looming above it is a ledge of rock; mountains are seen in the background. Ca. 1900
Hall of Justice, Portsmith Plaza San Francisco Earthquake 1906
Black and white photograph of a building, the Hall of Justice, beside a large tree. On the top of the building there is a damaged railing and central tower. There is a circular wire with a pole sticking out of... More