San Francisco residents stand in the rubble-strewn streets watching the fire grow after the earthquake struck on April 18, 1906. #

Breuner's furniture store burning out of control in San Francisco at 11 p.m. on April 18, 1906. #

San Francisco in flames, April 18,1906. #

San Francisco residents, some seated in chairs, sit among the earthquake damage, watching out-of-control fires in the distance. #

Smoke rises from burning buildings on the waterfront during the fire after the earthquake of 1906 in San Francisco, California. #

Fire in San Francisco following the great earthquake of 1906. #

Rescue workers helping survivors in the wreckage. #

African American families on street during the San Francisco Fire of 1906, with clouds of smoke billowing at bottom of hill in background. #

A crowd gathers on Telegraph Hill to watch the burning of San Francisco. The view is looking south. #

Troops walk east along Market Street after the devastating earthquake of 1906. The Call building burns in the distance. #

Onlookers pose for a photograph as San Francisco burns in the background on April 18, 1906. #

View of earthquake damage and fires across California Street, south of Nob Hill. #

A horse-drawn fire engine retires from a fire to move to a new location on April 19, 1906. #

Evacuees drag trunks from the fire on Van Ness Avenue. #

Refugees, aid workers, and soldiers clog a San Francisco intersection after the earthquake and fire. #

The view northeast from City Hall showing massive damage to San Francisco. #

Souvenier hunters. In the early stages, these people caused considerable trouble to the military authorities. #

Ruins of San Francisco, Nob Hill in foreground, viewed from the Lawrence Captive Airship from a height of 1,500 feet on May 29, 1906, 41 days after the disaster. #

Detail of the panorama photograph of a ruined San Francisco, viewed from the Lawrence Captive Airship on May 29, 1906. #

After the disaster, looking down Sacramento Street, from Nob Hill, with the Ferry Building in background. #

View of Howard Street homes left tilting after the 1906 San Francisco. #

Looking up California Street from Sansome Street. See this view today in Google Maps Street View. #

Refugees from the disaster rest on a hillside. #

The destroyed San Francisco City Hall and dome at McAllister Street and Van Ness Avenue. #

The toppled statue of Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, scientist and scholar, knocked from the facade of Stanford University's zoology building in April of 1906. #

Cooking in the streets of San Francisco. #

Bread lines formed across the city as aid distribution centers were established. #

A Postal Telegraph tent is set up on Market Street. The view looking up Market from Montgomery Street. #

Junction of Sacramento, Market, and Embarcadero Streets, and part of the car track loop in front of the Ferry Building. #

Looting a cash register and destroyed buildings at corner of 4th and Market Streets. #

Pine St. below Kearney St. See it today in Street View. #

Preparing hot food for refugees. #

Families take refuge in tents set up in green spaces and parks across the city. #

Market Street, looking west toward the Twin Peaks, from Battery Street. Both sides of Market Street lined with ruined buildings from Battery to Powell. #