U.S. National Archives photos from the 1900s
111 photos, in date order; 1–60 on this page. Photos taken by federal employees as part of their duties are US government works and not under copyright. About the collection
Photograph with caption "Locomotive 'Sterling". Sept. 30, 1901."
1901-09-30
"John Sontag of the firm of `Evans & Sontag' of Calif. fame. Sontag was shot to death about Sept. 14, 1904. He was not yet dead when this picture was taken."
1904
Empire Police Station - Dec 1904
1904-12
Culebra Cut North of Contractor's Hill looking North
1906-12
Interior of Mess Tent Gatun, Oct 1906
1906-10
Panama Railroad Bridge Over the Chagres River at Barbacoas, Near San Pablo Station, Taken During the Dry Season, 1906
1906
John Frank Stevens (left) with José Francisco de la Ossa (right), 1906
1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Refugee camp near Fort Mason showing method of supplying water
c. 1906
Harbor View Sanitorium. Report of cases and activities in response to 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire by Dr. W.A. Mackenzie, Medical Director in Charge.
1906-04-25
Harbor View Sanitorium. Report of cases and activities in response to 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire by Dr. W.A. Mackenzie, Medical Director in Charge, Harbor View "Contagious Hospital.".
1906-05-02
Harbor View Sanitorium. Report of cases, in response to 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire by Dr. W.A. Mackenzie, Medical Director in Charge.
1906-05-04
Harbor View Sanitorium. Report of cases, in response to 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire by H.R. Oliver, in Charge.
1906-05-06
Harbor View Contagious Hospital. Report of cases, in response to 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, from Captain Rutherford, Assistant Surgeon, U.S.A. to Lieutenant Colonel G.H. Torney, Deputy Surgeon General, USA, Presidio, California
1906-05-10
San francisco 1906 earthquake
1906-04
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Receiving Stores at Moulder Warehouse
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Provision line
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Refugees
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Bread line
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Opening a safe
c. 1906
The ruins of San Francisco, still smoldering after the 1906 earthquake, taken from the tower of the Union Ferry Building. Market Street between Sacramento and Third Streets
1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: People leaving the city
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Market and Bush Streets. Mechanics Monument
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Employees. Moulder Warehouse
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Hot meal kitchen
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Giving out supplies
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: After the earthquake
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Saint Ignatius Church
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: City Hall
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Digging for souvenirs
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Jefferson Square refugee camp
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Cleaning bricks
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Clearing away the debris
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Unidentified soldier on horseback
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Temporary houses. Golden Gate Park
1906-04
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Entrance gate at Stanford University
1906-04
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Delivering flour at Moulder Warehouse
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Showing arrangement of stores at Moulder Warehouse
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Fresh vegetables and fruits for special diet
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Restacking potatoes after the rain
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Restacking 9,000 pounds of flour
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Preparing hot food for the refugees
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Rescuing people from the ruins
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Street kitchens
1906-04
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Collapsed buildings
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Potato and flour piles of the Moulder Warehouse
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Fairmont Hotel background and Jewish synagogue foreground
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Market Street between Third and Fourth Streets
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Ninth and Brannan streets
1906-04
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Valencia Street Hotel
1906-04
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Bread lines
1906-04
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906:Scene at the docks
1906-04
Report of the Third Sanitary District, San Francisco by District Sanitary Officer Charles Clark, MD, referred to Lieutenant Colonel G.A. Torney, Chief Sanitary Officer, Medical Dept (U.S.A.), Presidio.
1906-05-15
Report of the Third Sanitary District, San Francisco by District Sanitary Officer Charles Clark, MD, referred to Lieutenant Colonel Torney, Chief Sanitary Officer, Presidio.
1906-05-16
Report of the Sanitary Inspector, District No. 2, sent from Park Lodge, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco to Chief Sanitary Officer, Presidio, San Francisco CA
1906-05-19
Report of the 1st Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon USA, Robert E. Noble, Sanitary Inspector, sent from US Army General Hospital, Presidio of San Francisco to Chief Sanitary Officer, US Army General Hospital, Presidio of San Francisco
1906-05-20
Harbor View Sanitorium. List of Staff
1906-04-24
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Jones and Sutter Streets. General view
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Residence section, Van Ness Avenue
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Appraiser of Customs Building and surroundings
c. 1906
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Relief station in Mission District
c. 1906